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The 1941 NFL season was the 22nd regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Elmer Layden was named the first Commissioner of the NFL, while Carl Storck resigned as league president. The league bylaws were changed to provide for playoffs in cases where division races are tied after the regular season, and rules for sudden-death overtimes in case a playoff game was tied after four quarters. The defending league champion Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers finished the regular season tied in the Western Division, setting up the first divisional playoff game in league history. The Bears won 33–14, then defeated the New York Giants 37–9 in the NFL Championship Game. The Bears became the first team since the institution of the East-West championship in to repeat as champion. The total attendance for the league's 55 regular-season games was 1,118,616. This represented an increase of 9% over the previous season's attendance.〔 ==Major rule changes== *The penalty for illegal shift is 5 yards. *The penalty for illegal kick or bat is 15 yards. *Whenever a player is ejected from the game, his team is penalized 15 yards. *A personal foul committed by the opponent of the scoring team is enforced on the ensuing kickoff. In addition to these rule changes, this season marked the first time that the league commissioner would become involved in enforcement of player conduct standards. Commissioner Elmer Layden in August assessed $25 fines on Green Bay Packers quarterback Larry Craig and New York Giants halfback Hank Soar for fighting. Wilson became the official game ball of the NFL. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1941 NFL season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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