2021 Furman Paladins football team

2021 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Terriers were led by fifth-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	2:00 p.m.	No. 25 North Carolina A&T*	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC		W 29–18	11,628
September 11	2:30 p.m.	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN		W 26–0	8,911
September 18	7:30 p.m.	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCRSN	L 7–45	56,919
September 25	2:00 p.m.	Mercer	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC		L 3–24	10,203
October 9	1:30 p.m.	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+	W 42–20	6,065
October 16	6:00 p.m.	The Citadel	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 24–14	10,164
October 23	2:00 p.m.	No. 14 East Tennessee State	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESN+	L 13–17	9,330
October 30	1:30 p.m.	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 3–13	6,448
November 6	2:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN3	L 42–43	8,942
November 13	2:00 p.m.	No. 21 VMI	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN+	W 37–31	6,562
November 20	1:00 p.m.	at Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 41-34	2,673
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2021 Furman Paladins Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

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2021 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 9 East Tennessee State $^		7	–	1		11	–	2
No. 25 Mercer		6	–	2		7	–	3
Chattanooga		5	–	3		6	–	5
Western Carolina		4	–	4		4	–	7
Furman		4	–	4		6	–	5
VMI		4	–	4		6	–	5
Samford		3	–	5		4	–	7
The Citadel		3	–	5		4	–	7
Wofford		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll