2021 Slippery Rock football team

2021 Slippery Rock football
Conference	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Ranking
AFCA	No. 6
Record	9–1 (8–1 PSAC)
Head coach	Shawn Lutz (6th season)
Home stadium	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium (Capacity: 10,500)

2021 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East
No. 8 Kutztown xy$^		7	–	0					11	–	2
No. 5 Shepherd x^		6	–	1					13	–	2
Shippensburg		5	–	2					9	–	2
West Chester		4	–	3					6	–	5
East Stroudsburg		3	–	4					5	–	6
Bloomsburg		2	–	5					3	–	8
Millersville		1	–	6					2	–	9
Lock Haven		0	–	7					1	–	10
West
No. 20 Slippery Rock xy^		6	–	1					9	–	3
No. 21 California (PA) x		5	–	1					9	–	1
IUP		5	–	2					7	–	3
Gannon		3	–	4					5	–	6
Edinboro		3	–	4					4	–	6
Mercyhurst		3	–	4					4	–	7
Seton Hill		2	–	5					5	–	6
Clarion		0	–	6					0	–	10
Championship: Kutztown 38, Slippery Rock 32
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2021 Slippery Rock football team represented Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in the 2021 NCAA Division II football season. A member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference they competed in the conference's West Division. The conference did not play football last fall due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The team was coached by Shawn Lutz in his sixth season with the school.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Wayne State*	No. 5	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	W 24–21	2,431
September 11	6:05 p.m.	East Stroudsburg	No. 8	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA	W 22–7	8,101
September 18	6:00 p.m.	Lock Haven	No. 6	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA	W 57–7	7,224
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Seton Hill	No. 6	Offutt Field Greensburg, PA	W 41–17	1,150
October 2	6:00 p.m.	Clarion	No. 7	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slipper Rock, PA	W 75–0	5,003
October 9	2:00 p.m.	at Edinboro	No. 6	Sox Harrison Stadium Edinboro, PA	W 49–13	5,850
October 16	1:00 p.m.	IUP	No. 6	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA	L 21–48
October 23	12:00 p.m.	at Mercyhurst		Saxon Stadium Erie, PA	W 20–17
October 30	12:00 p.m.	at Gannon		McConnell Family Stadium Erie, PA	W 63–21
November 6	1:00 p.m.	California (PA)		N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA (Senior Day)	W 38–26
November 20	12:00 p.m.	Notre Dame (OH)*		N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA (NCAA Division II first round)	L 25-33
*Non-conference game Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
AFCA DII	5	8	6	6	7	6	6
D2Football.com	9	10	7	6	6	6	6