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1942 National Football League season
NFL teams:
West,
East
The
1942 NFL season
was the 23rd
regular season
of the
National Football League
. Before the season, many players left for service in
World War II
, thus depleting the rosters of all the teams.
The
Chicago Bears
finished the regular season at 11?0, and faced the 10?1
Washington Redskins
in the championship game. Washington, which had been beaten 73?0 in the
1940
title game, got a measure of revenge in spoiling the Bears' hope for a
perfect season
, winning 14?6.
Draft
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The
1942 NFL Draft
was held on December 22, 1941 at
Chicago
's
Palmer House Hotel
. With the first pick, the
Pittsburgh Steelers
selected runningback
Bill Dudley
from the
University of Virginia
.
Major rule changes
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- The use of flags on flexible shafts to mark the intersections of goal lines and side lines (the predecessor to the pylon) becomes mandatory.
- A clarification to the offsides rule is added: The center or snapper is not offsides unless a portion of his body is ahead of the defensive team's line.
- A half cannot end on a double foul. Instead, the period will be extended by one untimed down.
- Detachable kicking toes are prohibited.
- When an encroachment or false start causes the other team to be offsides, only the initial foul is penalized.
- A forward pass that first touches an ineligible receiver may be intercepted.
- If the offensive team commits pass interference in their opponent's end zone, it is an automatic
touchback
.
Final standings
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- Note:
Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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NFL Championship Game
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Washington 14, Chi. Bears 6, at
Griffith Stadium
,
Washington, D.C.
, December 13, 1942
League leaders
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Awards
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Coaching changes
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Stadium changes
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References
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Early era
(1920?1969)
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Modern era
(1970?present)
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Italics
indicate future seasons
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