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Eddie Murray

Edward Peter Murray

Position: K
Height: 5-10    Weight: 177 lbs.
Born: August 29, 1956 in Halifax, Canada
College: Tulane

Career AV: 0 (13826th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 7th round (166th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.

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Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P AV
1980*+ 24 DET K 3 16 0 1 9 9 13 10 15 7 4 1 42 27 64.3% 36 35 97.2% 0
1981 25 DET K 3 16 0 1 1 5 5 14 9 11 7 4 3 35 25 71.4% 46 46 100.0% 0
1982 26 DET K 3 7 0 6 6 2 2 4 3 12 11 91.7% 16 16 100.0% 0
1983 27 DET K 3 16 0 6 6 15 13 7 3 4 3 32 25 78.1% 38 38 100.0% 0
1984 28 DET K 3 16 0 1 1 2 1 7 5 13 12 4 1 27 20 74.1% 31 31 100.0% 0
1985 29 DET K 3 16 0 2 2 8 5 11 11 7 6 3 2 31 26 83.9% 33 31 93.9% 0
1986 30 DET K 3 16 0 2 2 2 1 8 7 8 6 5 2 25 18 72.0% 32 31 96.9% 1 37 37 0 37.0 0
1987 31 DET K 3 12 0 1 1 6 6 12 7 11 5 2 1 32 20 62.5% 21 21 100.0% 4 155 46 0 38.8 0
1988 32 DET K 3 16 0 1 1 8 8 9 9 2 2 1 21 20 95.2% 23 22 95.7% 0
1989* 33 DET K 3 16 0 3 3 9 8 8 8 1 1 21 20 95.2% 36 36 100.0% 0
1990 34 DET K 3 11 0 6 6 6 4 5 3 2 19 13 68.4% 34 34 100.0% 0
1991 35 DET K 3 16 0 1 1 4 3 10 8 9 5 4 2 28 19 67.9% 40 40 100.0% 0
1992 36 2TM 8 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 9 5 55.6% 13 13 100.0% 0
TAM 3 7 0 4 2 4 2 8 4 50.0% 13 13 100.0% 0
KAN 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 0
1993 37 DAL K 3 14 0 4 4 4 4 12 9 8 8 5 3 33 28 84.8% 38 38 100.0% 0
1994 38 PHI K 3 16 0 1 1 8 8 10 10 6 2 25 21 84.0% 33 33 100.0% 0
1995 39 WAS K 2 16 0 1 1 9 9 13 10 11 6 2 1 36 27 75.0% 33 33 100.0% 0
1997 41 MIN K 3 12 0 7 7 3 1 6 4 1 17 12 70.6% 24 23 95.8% 0
1999 43 DAL 3 4 0 3 3 4 3 2 1 9 7 77.8% 10 10 100.0% 0
2000 44 WAS K 2 6 0 2 2 2 3 3 6 3 12 8 66.7% 8 7 87.5% 0
Career 250 0 18 15 98 92 165 131 143 93 43 21 466 352 75.5% 545 538 98.7% 5 192 46 0 38.4 0
12 yrs DET 174 0 10 9 65 59 116 93 100 67 34 16 325 244 75.1% 386 381 98.7% 5 192 46 0 38.4 0
2 yrs DAL 18 0 4 4 7 7 16 12 10 9 5 3 42 35 83.3% 48 48 100.0% 0
2 yrs WAS 22 0 3 1 11 11 16 13 17 9 2 1 48 35 72.9% 41 40 97.6% 0
1 yr KAN 1 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 0
1 yr MIN 12 0 7 7 3 1 6 4 1 17 12 70.6% 24 23 95.8% 0
1 yr PHI 16 0 1 1 8 8 10 10 6 2 25 21 84.0% 33 33 100.0% 0
1 yr TAM 7 0 4 2 4 2 8 4 50.0% 13 13 100.0% 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1980*+ 24 DET K 3 16 0 35 27 116
1981 25 DET K 3 16 0 46 25 121
1982 26 DET K 3 7 0 16 11 49
1983 27 DET K 3 16 0 38 25 113
1984 28 DET K 3 16 0 31 20 91
1985 29 DET K 3 16 0 31 26 109
1986 30 DET K 3 16 0 31 18 85
1987 31 DET K 3 12 0 21 20 81
1988 32 DET K 3 16 0 22 20 82
1989* 33 DET K 3 16 0 36 20 96
1990 34 DET K 3 11 0 34 13 73
1991 35 DET K 3 16 0 40 19 97
1992 36 2TM 8 0 13 5 28
KAN 2 1 0 1 3
TAM 3 7 0 13 4 25
1993 37 DAL K 3 14 0 38 28 122
1994 38 PHI K 3 16 0 33 21 96
1995 39 WAS K 2 16 0 33 27 114
1997 41 MIN K 3 12 0 23 12 59
1999 43 DAL 3 4 0 10 7 31
2000 44 WAS K 2 6 0 7 8 31
Career 250 0 538 352 1594
12 yrs DET 174 0 381 244 1113
2 yrs DAL 18 0 48 35 153
2 yrs WAS 22 0 40 35 145
1 yr KAN 1 0 1 3
1 yr MIN 12 0 23 12 59
1 yr PHI 16 0 33 21 96
1 yr TAM 7 0 13 4 25

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1980
1989

First-Team All-Pro

1980

Points Scored

1980 NFL 116 (3)
1981 NFL 121 (1)

1985 NFL 109 (10)
1993 NFL 122 (6)
Career 1594 (13)

Games

Career 250 (32)

Extra Pt Made

1981 NFL 46 (4)
1991 NFL 40 (4)
1993 NFL 38 (4)
1994 NFL 33 (9)
Career 538 (13)

Extra Pt Att

1981 NFL 46 (4)
1991 NFL 40 (4)
1993 NFL 38 (4)
1994 NFL 33 (9)
Career 545 (14)

Extra Point %

Career 98.716% (37)

Total Field Goals Made

1980 NFL 27 (1)

1981 NFL 25 (3)
1982 NFL 11 (10)
1983 NFL 25 (5)
1985 NFL 26 (4)
1987 NFL 20 (6)
1993 NFL 28 (6)
1995 NFL 27 (9)
Career 352 (11)

Field Goals Att

1980 NFL 42 (1/21)

1981 NFL 35 (4)
1983 NFL 32 (5)
1985 NFL 31 (10)
1987 NFL 32 (2)
1993 NFL 33 (10)
1995 NFL 36 (6)
Career 466 (14)

Field Goal %

1981 NFL 71.429% (8)
1982 NFL 91.667% (2/39)
1985 NFL 83.871% (3)
1988 NFL 95.238% (1/12)

1989 NFL 95.238% (1/12)

1993 NFL 84.848% (4)
1994 NFL 84.000% (7)
Career 75.536% (54)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1980Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1981Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1982Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1988Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
1989Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1994UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.