| Year Game Played: | 2021 |
| Game Name: | SWAC Football Championship Game |
| Subheader: | Conference Championship |
| Visitor Name Short: | Prairie View A&M |
| Visitor Nickname: | Panthers |
| Home Nickname: | Tigers |
| Visitor School: | Prairie View A&M University |
| Home Name Short: | Jackson State |
| Football Season: | 2021 |
| Home School: | Jackson State University |
| Visitor Record: | 7–4 |
| Home Record: | 10–1 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Visitor Coach: | Eric Dooley |
| Home Coach: | Deion Sanders |
| Home Rank Stats: | 15 |
| Date Game Played: | December 4 |
| Stadium: | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
| City: | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Odds: | Jackson State by 8 |
| Us Network: | ESPN2 |
| Us Announcers: | Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), & Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) |
| Different Previous: | 2021 (May) |
The 2021 SWAC Championship Game was a college football game played on December 4, 2021, at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.[1] It was the 23rd edition of the SWAC Championship Game and determined the champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) for the 2021 season. The game began at 3:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN2. The game featured the Jackson State Tigers, the East Division champions, and the Prairie View A&M Panthers, the West Division champions. Sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket and by beverage corporation PepsiCo through their Pepsi Zero Sugar brand, the game was officially known as the 2021 Cricket SWAC Football Championship presented by Pepsi Zero Sugar.[2] The winner of the game received a bid to the Celebration Bowl to face the South Carolina State Bulldogs, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
Prairie View A&M clinched its spot in the championship game on November 20, via Jackson State's defeat of Alcorn State.[1]
See main article: 2021 Jackson State Tigers football team. Jackson State clinched its spot in the championship game on November 13 after defeating Southern, 21–17.[3] Jackson State clinched home field advantage in the game on November 20 after defeating Alcorn State, 24–10.[1]