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Head coach · Stanford · belt games 1940–1941

Clark Shaughnessy

350Days with the belt
1Reign started
7–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Stanford (1940–1941) in seasons with a belt game. 10 belt games in all: 8 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Clark Shaughnessy was on a sideline for 10 belt games between 1940 and 1941, at Stanford. He took the belt once and held it for 350 days across one reign.

He won it on October 26, 1940, Stanford 21–7 over USC.

His longest reign ran 350 days with Stanford, beginning October 26, 1940, and was defended seven times along the way.

Across his career he coached seven successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Oregon State won 10–0 on October 11, 1941.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 14–13 to Washington State on November 15, 1941.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

10 games, newest first

Head coaches from the College Football Data API’s coaching records, matched by team and season. A reign counts for the coach in charge the season it began; a mid-season change isn’t split.