What did Clark D. Shaughnessy do for football
Clark D. Shaughnessy coached the first Southern team ever invited to the Rose Bowl. His Tulane team of 1925 was undefeated and had beaten the Big Ten Champions that year. He turned the Bowl bid over to a grateful Alabama because of the fear that acceptance might interfere with the plans then afoot to build the big new Tulane Stadium.
It was to be called Shaughnessy Stadium", but with reservations for the future the coach declined. It is known now as the New Orleans "Sugar Bowl." Percentage-wise his 1925 conference record still stands: Tulane 221 points, Opponents 20. He is the inventor of the Modern T-Formation.
