| Year: | 2021 |
| Team: | Maine Black Bears |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | CAA |
| Record: | 6–5 |
| Conf Record: | 4–4 |
| Head Coach: | Nick Charlton |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Andrew Dresner |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Coach: | Michael Ryan |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Alfond Stadium |
The 2021 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Black Bears, led by third-year head coach Nick Charlton, played their home games at Alfond Stadium.
Over the off-season, Maine lost fourteen players through the transfer portal. Of this group, twelve players committed to new schools.[1]
| Name | Pos. | New school | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Barber | S | Towson | |
| John Benson | TE | Lafayette | |
| OL | Texas State | ||
| George French | OT | Pitt | |
| Donnell Henriquez | CB | Lackawanna C.C. | |
| Mike-Lee Joseph | S | Sacred Heart | |
| Ori Jean-Charles | LB | Albany | |
| Sterling McDowell-Hagans | DB | Unknown | |
| Curtis Murray | RB | Towson | |
| Nnamdi Onyemelukwe | DT | Saint Francis | |
| Shawn Page | OG | Merrimack | |
| LB | West Virginia | ||
| Jordan Swann | CB | James Madison | |
| Myles Taylor | LB | Merrimack | |
| Rhakim Williams | LB | Unknown |
Over the off-season, Maine added nine players through the transfer portal.[1]
| Name | Pos. | Class | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL | Bucknell | |||
| DB | Duquesne | |||
| S | Northern Colorado | |||
| CB | Dodge City C.C. | |||
| RB | Lafayette | |||
| LB | Saint Francis | |||
| LB | Campbell | |||
| DL | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | |||
| K/P | Florida Atlantic |