2021 Norfolk State Spartans football team

2021 Norfolk State Spartans football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	6–5 (2–3 MEAC)
Head coach	Dawson Odums (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	B. T. Sherman
Defensive coordinator	Steve Adams (1st season)
Home stadium	William "Dick" Price Stadium

2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Carolina State $		5	–	0					7	–	5
North Carolina Central		4	–	1					6	–	5
Delaware State		2	–	3					5	–	6
Norfolk State		2	–	3					6	–	5
Howard		1	–	4					3	–	8
Morgan State		1	–	4					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion

The 2021 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Spartans, led by first-year head coach Dawson Odums, played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 10–49	21,783
September 11	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest*	Truist Field at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC	ACCNX	L 16–41	21,896
September 18	6:00 p.m.	Elizabeth City State*	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA		W 63–26	14,012
September 25	12:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA		W 28–16	1,234
October 2	2:00 p.m.	at Hampton*	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA		W 47–44 (OT)	4,013
October 16	2:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	W 42–14	16,716
October 23	1:00 p.m.	at Howard	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 45–31	10,437
October 30	2:00 p.m.	Morgan State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	W 31–20	6,112
November 6	2:00 p.m.	at North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 36–38 (2OT)	10,027
November 13	2:00 p.m.	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN+	L 26–28	2,499
November 20	2:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	L 21–31	3,021
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "2021 Norfolk State Spartans Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.