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factoids

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

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• Green indicates a future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

Regular season

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Schedule{| class"wikitable" style"text-align:center"

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1941|border=2}}"| Week!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1941|border=2}}"| Date!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1941|border=2}}"| Opponent!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1941|border=2}}"| Result!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1941|border=2}}"| Record!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1941|border=2}}"| Venue! 1 Byestyle="background:#cfc"! 2| September 141941 Detroit Lions season>Detroit Lions| W 23–0| 1–0City Stadium (Green Bay)>City Stadiumstyle="background:#cfc"! 3| September 211941 Cleveland Rams season>Cleveland Rams| W 24–7| 2–0| Wisconsin State Fair Parkstyle="background:#fcc"! 4| September 281941 Chicago Bears season>Chicago Bears| L 17–25| 2–1| City Stadiumstyle="background:#cfc"! 5| October 51941 Chicago Cardinals season>Chicago Cardinals| W 14–13| 3–1| Wisconsin State Fair Parkstyle="background:#cfc"! 6| October 121941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season>Brooklyn Dodgers| W 30–7| 4–1| Wisconsin State Fair Parkstyle="background:#cfc"! 7| October 191941 Cleveland Rams season>Cleveland Rams| W 17–14| 5–1| Cleveland Municipal Stadiumstyle="background:#cfc"! 8| October 261941 Detroit Lions season>Detroit Lions| W 24–7| 6–1Tiger Stadium (Detroit)>Briggs Stadiumstyle="background:#cfc"! 9| November 21941 Chicago Bears season>Chicago Bears| W 16–14| 7–1| Wrigley Field! 10 Byestyle="background: #cfc"! 11| November 161941 Chicago Cardinals season>Chicago Cardinals| W 17–9| 8–1| City Stadiumstyle="background:#cfc"! 12| November 231941 Pittsburgh Steelers season>Pittsburgh Steelers| W 54–7| 9–1| Forbes Fieldstyle="background:#cfc"! 13| November 301941 Washington Redskins season>Washington Redskins| W 22–17| 10–1| Griffith Stadium! 14 Bye

Playoffs

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Standings

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Roster{| class"toccolours" style"text-align: left;"

! colspan="9" style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 37thru49|border=2}};"|Green Bay Packers roster QuarterbacksRunning backsWide receiversTight ends Offensive linemenHoward White "Smiley" Johnson (Guard)Green Bay Packers Hall of FameDefensive linemen LinebackersHoward White "Smiley" Johnson (Linebacker)Green Bay Packers Hall of FameDefensive backsSpecial teamsPractice squadRookies in italics

Awards and records

• Don Hutson, NFL receiving leader, 74 receptions
• Cecil Isbell, NFL leader, passing yards (1,479)

Milestones

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

References

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• Sportsencyclopedia.com

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