T formation the key weapon used by the Chicago Bears, who had used the T formation since the team's inception in 1920, to defeat the Washington Redskins, 73–0, in the 1940 NFL Championship Game and immortalized afterward in their fight song. Shaughnessy helped the Bears prepare for the game against the Redskins. He has been called "The father of the T formation". The T-formation was viewed as a complicated "gadget" offense by early football coaches. But NFL owner-coach George Halas and Ralph Jones of the Chicago Bears along with University of Chicago coach Clark Shaughnessy, University of Texas coach Dana X. Bible,
Chicago Bears statistics Win Percentage: 2006: 13, 3, 0.813 2007: 7, 9, 0.438 2008: 9, 7, 0.563 2009: 7, 9, 0.438 2010: 11, 5, 0.688 2011: 8, 8, 0.500 2012: 10 6, 0.625 2013: 8, 8, 0.500 2014: 5, 11, 0.313 2015: 6, 10, 0.375 2016: 3, 13, 0.188 2017: 5, 11, 0.313 Total: 92, 100 Average: 8 8 "†-tied NFL record" <nowiki>*</nowiki> – 1940 NFL Championship "†-tied NFL record" The club have had two most valuable players, Sid Luckman and Walter Payton. Chicago Bears statistics This page details statistics about the Chicago Bears American football team. Isabella deCastro & Nicole Hernandez Information