2021 Dallas Cowboys season

2021 Dallas Cowboys season
2021 Dallas Cowboys season
Owner	Jerry Jones
Head coach	Mike McCarthy
General manager	Jerry Jones
Home field	AT&T Stadium
Results
Record	12–5
Division place	1st NFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. 49ers) 17–23
Pro Bowlers	P Bryan Anger ; CB Trevon Diggs ; G Zack Martin ; LB Micah Parsons ; OT Tyron Smith
AP All-Pros	G Zack Martin (1st team); LB Micah Parsons (1st team); CB Trevon Diggs (1st team); P Bryan Anger (2nd team)
Uniform
	← 2020; Cowboys seasons; 2022 →;

The 2021 season was the Dallas Cowboys' 62nd season in the National Football League and the 33rd under the ownership of Jerry Jones.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2020 Dallas Cowboys draft
1	12	Micah Parsons *	LB	Penn State
2	44	Kelvin Joseph	CB	Kentucky
3	82	Osa Odighizuwa	DT	UCLA
3	84	Chauncey Golston	DE	Iowa
3	99	Nahshon Wright	CB	Oregon State	Compensatory Pick
4	123	Jabril Cox	LB	LSU
4	138	Josh Ball	OT	Marshall	Compensatory Pick
5	178	Simi Fehoko	WR	Stanford	Compensatory Pick
6	192	Quinton Bohanna	DT	Kentucky
6	227	Israel Mukuamu	CB	South Carolina	Compensatory Pick
7	238	Matt Farniok	OG	Nebraska
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Regular season

Schedule

The Cowboys' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 9	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 29–31	0–1	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
2	September 19	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 20–17	1–1	SoFi Stadium	Recap
3	September 27	Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–21	2–1	AT&T Stadium	Recap
4	October 3	Carolina Panthers	W 36–28	3–1	AT&T Stadium	Recap
5	October 10	New York Giants	W 44–20	4–1	AT&T Stadium	Recap
6	October 17	at New England Patriots	W 35–29 (OT)	5–1	Gillette Stadium	Recap
7	Bye
8	October 31	at Minnesota Vikings	W 20–16	6–1	U.S. Bank Stadium	Recap
9	November 7	Denver Broncos	L 16–30	6–2	AT&T Stadium	Recap
10	November 14	Atlanta Falcons	W 43–3	7–2	AT&T Stadium	Recap
11	November 21	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 9–19	7–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
12	November 25	Las Vegas Raiders	L 33–36 (OT)	7–4	AT&T Stadium	Recap
13	December 2	at New Orleans Saints	W 27–17	8–4	Caesars Superdome	Recap
14	December 12	at Washington Football Team	W 27–20	9–4	FedExField	Recap
15	December 19	at New York Giants	W 21–6	10–4	MetLife Stadium	Recap
16	December 26	Washington Football Team	W 56–14	11–4	AT&T Stadium	Recap
17	January 2	Arizona Cardinals	L 22–25	11–5	AT&T Stadium	Recap
18	January 8	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 51–26	12–5	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Division

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ Dallas Cowboys	12	5	0	.706	6–0	10–2	530	358	W1
⁽⁷⁾ Philadelphia Eagles	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	444	385	L1
Washington Football Team	7	10	0	.412	2–4	6–6	335	434	W1
New York Giants	4	13	0	.235	1–5	3–9	258	416	L6

Conference

NFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division winners
1^[a]	Green Bay Packers	North	13	4	0	.765	4–2	9–3	.479	.480	L1
2^[a]	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	13	4	0	.765	4–2	8–4	.467	.443	W3
3^[b]	Dallas Cowboys	East	12	5	0	.706	6–0	10–2	.488	.431	W1
4^[b]	Los Angeles Rams	West	12	5	0	.706	3–3	8–4	.483	.409	L1
Wild cards
5	Arizona Cardinals	West	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	.490	.492	L1
6	San Francisco 49ers	West	10	7	0	.588	2–4	7–5	.500	.438	W2
7^[c]	Philadelphia Eagles	East	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	.469	.350	L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8^[c]	New Orleans Saints	South	9	8	0	.529	4–2	7–5	.512	.516	W2
9	Minnesota Vikings	North	8	9	0	.471	4–2	6–6	.507	.434	W1
10^[d]	Washington Football Team	East	7	10	0	.412	2–4	6–6	.529	.420	W1
11^[d]^[e]	Seattle Seahawks	West	7	10	0	.412	3–3	4–8	.519	.424	W2
12^[d]^[e]	Atlanta Falcons	South	7	10	0	.412	2–4	4–8	.472	.315	L2
13	Chicago Bears	North	6	11	0	.353	2–4	4–8	.524	.373	L1
14	Carolina Panthers	South	5	12	0	.294	2–4	3–9	.509	.412	L7
15	New York Giants	East	4	13	0	.235	1–5	3–9	.536	.485	L6
16	Detroit Lions	North	3	13	1	.206	2–4	3–9	.528	.627	W1
Tiebreakers^[f]
↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Green Bay finished ahead of Tampa Bay based on conference record. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Dallas finished ahead of LA Rams based on conference record. ↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Philadelphia finished ahead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory. ↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Washington finished ahead of Atlanta and Seattle based on head-to-head sweep. ↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Seattle finished ahead of Atlanta based on win percentage in common games. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
Wild Card	January 16	San Francisco 49ers (6)	L 17–23	0–1	AT&T Stadium	Recap

[13-4-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Green Bay finished ahead of Tampa Bay based on conference record.

[12-5-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Dallas finished ahead of LA Rams based on conference record.

[9-8-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Philadelphia finished ahead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.

[7-10a-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Washington finished ahead of Atlanta and Seattle based on head-to-head sweep.

[7-10b-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Seattle finished ahead of Atlanta based on win percentage in common games.

[6] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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