1941 Green Bay Packers season

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

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.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1941 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/club team
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

Regular season

Main article: 1941 NFL season

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources
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
— Bye
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
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

Main article: 1941 NFL playoffs
Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources
Western Division Playoff December 14 at Chicago Bears L 14–33 0–1 Wrigley Field 43,425 Recap

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.

Awards and records

Milestones

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

References

Further reading

  • Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.
  • Larry D. Names, The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years, Part Two. Wautoma, WI: Angel Press of Wisconsin, 1989.
  • Arch Ward, The Green Bay Packers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.
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