1941 Green Bay Packers season

The 1941 Green Bay Packers season was their 23rd season overall and their 21st season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 10–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the Chicago Bears. The Packers and Bears played a one-game playoff in Chicago to determine who would play in the NFL Championship Game. The Packers lost 33–14 to the Bears, in the first post-season game ever played between the archrivals. The second post-season game came 70 years later, in the NFC Championship game on January 22, 2011.

1941 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachCurly Lambeau
Home fieldCity Stadium
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record10–1
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishLost Divisional Playoffs (at Bears) 33–14

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School/club team
17George PaskvanBackWisconsin
321Bob PaffrathBackMinnesota
537Ed FrutigEndMichigan
646Herm RohrigDefensive backNebraska
757Bill TelesmanicEndSan Francisco
866Bill KuusistoGuardMinnesota
977Tony CanadeoHalfbackGonzaga
1086Mike ByeleneBackPurdue
1197Paul HeimenzCenterNorthwestern
12106Mike EnichTackleIowa
13117Ed HeffernanBackSt. Mary's (CA)
14126Del LymanTackleUCLA
15137Johnny FriebergerEndArkansas
16146Ernie PannellTackleTexas A&M
17157Bob SaggauBackNotre Dame
18166Heige PukemaGuardMinnesota
19177Bob HayesEndToledo
20186Jim StrasbaughBackOhio State
21192Joe BaileyCenterKentucky
22196Bruno MalinowskiBackHoly Cross

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 14 Detroit Lions W 23–0
2 September 21 Cleveland Rams W 24–7
3 September 28 Chicago Bears L 17–25
4 October 5 Chicago Cardinals W 14–13
5 October 12 Brooklyn Dodgers W 30–7
6 October 19 at Cleveland Rams W 17–14
7 October 26 at Detroit Lions W 24–7
8 November 2 at Chicago Bears W 16–14
9 November 16 Chicago Cardinals W 17–9
10 November 23 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 54–7
11 November 30 at Washington Redskins W 22–17

Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result
Divisional December 14 at Chicago Bears L 14–33

Standings

NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Chicago Bears 10 1 0 .909 7–1 396 147 W5
Green Bay Packers 10 1 0 .909 7–1 258 120 W8
Detroit Lions 4 6 1 .400 3–4–1 121 195 W1
Chicago Cardinals 3 7 1 .300 1–6–1 127 197 L2
Cleveland Rams 2 9 0 .182 1–7 116 244 L9

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Howard White "Smiley" Johnson (Guard)[1]

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Howard White "Smiley" Johnson (Linebacker)[2]

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Awards and records

Milestones

  • Don Hutson, 1,000 yard receiving season (1,211 yards)

References

  1. Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
  2. Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
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