1942 NFL season

1942 NFL season

1942 edition of the NFL's press manual
Regular season
Duration	September 13 to December 13, 1942
East Champions	Washington Redskins
West Champions	Chicago Bears
Championship Game
Champions	Washington Redskins
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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 ten teams of the NFL each played a 11 game schedule during the 1942 regular season, for a league total of 55 contests.

Continuing their Chicago Bears finished the regular season at 11–0, and faced the 10–1 Washington Redskins in the championship game. Washington, which had been embarrassed by a massive 73–0 shutout loss in the 1940 Championship Play-off, got a measure of revenge by spoiling the Bears' hope for a perfect season, winning the rematch 14–6.