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1941 Detroit Lions season
1941 Detroit Lions season
Head coach	Bill Edwards
Home field	Briggs Stadium
Results
Record	4–6–1
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1940; Lions seasons; 1942 →;

The 1941 Detroit Lions season was their 12th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5–5–1, winning only four games.^[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 14	at Green Bay Packers	L 0–23	0–1	City Stadium	16,734	Recap
2	September 21	at Brooklyn Dodgers	L 7–14	0–2	Ebbets Field	19,269	Recap
3	September 27	at Chicago Cardinals	T 14–14	0–2–1	Comiskey Park	17,458	Recap
—	Bye
4	October 12	Cleveland Rams	W 17–7	1–2–1	Briggs Stadium	26,481	Recap
5	October 19	at Chicago Bears	L 0–49	1–3–1	Wrigley Field	29,980	Recap
6	October 26	Green Bay Packers	L 7–24	1–4–1	Briggs Stadium	30,269	Recap
7	November 2	at Cleveland Rams	W 14–0	2–4–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	10,554	Recap
8	November 9	at New York Giants	L 13–20	2–5–1	Polo Grounds	27,875	Recap
9	November 16	Philadelphia Eagles	W 21–17	3–5–1	Briggs Stadium	16,306	Recap
10	November 23	Chicago Bears	L 7–24	3–6–1	Briggs Stadium	28,657	Recap
11	November 30	Chicago Cardinals	W 21–3	4–6–1	Briggs Stadium	17,051	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. • September 27: Saturday night game^[2]

Standings

NFL Western Division
view talk edit	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.

NFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	8	3	0	.727	6–2	238	114	L1
Brooklyn Dodgers	7	4	0	.636	6–2	158	127	W2
Washington Redskins	6	5	0	.545	5–3	176	174	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	2	8	1	.200	1–6–1	119	218	L3
Pittsburgh Steelers	1	9	1	.100	1–6–1	103	276	L2

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

References

^ 1941 Detroit Lions
^ George Strickler, Official National Football League Roster and Record Manual, 1941. Chicago: National Football League, 1941; back cover.