Team: | Green Bay Packers |
Year: | 1941 |
Record: | 10–1 |
Division Place: | 1st NFL Western |
Coach: | Curly Lambeau |
Playoffs: | Lost Divisional Playoff (at Bears) 14–33 |
Shortnavlink: | Packers seasons |
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 founder and head coach Curly Lambeau, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the defending league champion Chicago Bears. They split their season series, each winning on the road, and met in a playoff in Chicago to determine who would host the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game. But the Packers lost 33–14 in the first post-season game ever played between the archrivals; the next came over 69 years later, in the NFC Championship game on January 22, 2011.
See main article: 1941 NFL draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/club team | |
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1 | 7 | George Paskvan | Back | Wisconsin | |
3 | 21 | Bob Paffrath | Back | Minnesota | |
5 | 37 | Ed Frutig | End | Michigan | |
6 | 46 | Herm Rohrig | Defensive back | Nebraska | |
7 | 57 | Bill Telesmanic | End | San Francisco | |
8 | 66 | Bill Kuusisto | Guard | Minnesota | |
9 | 77 | Tony Canadeo | Halfback | Gonzaga | |
10 | 86 | Mike Byelene | Back | Purdue | |
11 | 97 | Paul Heimenz | Center | Northwestern | |
12 | 106 | Mike Enich | Tackle | Iowa | |
13 | 117 | Ed Heffernan | Back | St. Mary's (CA) | |
14 | 126 | Del Lyman | Tackle | UCLA | |
15 | 137 | Johnny Frieberger | End | Arkansas | |
16 | 146 | Ernie Pannell | Tackle | Texas A&M | |
17 | 157 | Bob Saggau | Back | Notre Dame | |
18 | 166 | Helge Pukema | Guard | Minnesota | |
19 | 177 | Bob Hayes | End | Toledo | |
20 | 186 | Jimmy Strausbaugh | Back | Ohio State | |
21 | 192 | Joe Bailey | Center | Kentucky | |
22 | 196 | Bruno Malinowski | Back | Holy Cross |
See main article: 1941 NFL season.
Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
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1 | September 14 | Detroit Lions | W 23–0 | 1–0 | City Stadium | 16,734 | Recap | ||
2 | September 21 | Cleveland Rams | W 24–7 | 2–0 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 18,463 | Recap | ||
3 | September 28 | Chicago Bears | L 17–25 | 2–1 | City Stadium | 24,876 | Recap | ||
4 | October 5 | Chicago Cardinals | W 14–13 | 3–1 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | ~10,000 | Recap | ||
5 | October 12 | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 30–7 | 4–1 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 15,621 | Recap | ||
6 | October 19 | at Cleveland Rams | W 17–14 | 5–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 13,086 | Recap | ||
7 | October 26 | at Detroit Lions | W 24–7 | 6–1 | Briggs Stadium | 30,269 | Recap | ||
8 | November 2 | at Chicago Bears | W 16–14 | 7–1 | Wrigley Field | 46,484 | Recap | ||
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9 | November 16 | Chicago Cardinals | W 17–9 | 8–1 | City Stadium | 15,495 | Recap | ||
10 | November 23 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 54–7 | 9–1 | Forbes Field | 15,202 | Recap | ||
11 | November 30 | at Washington Redskins | W 22–17 | 10–1 | Griffith Stadium | 35,594 | Recap |
See main article: 1941 NFL playoffs.