| Fred J. Murphy | |
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1893–1896 |
Yale |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1900–1901 1914–1918 1920–1922 1924–1926 Basketball 1912–1913 1914–1917 Baseball 1914–1916 1925–1926 |
Missouri Northwestern Denver Kentucky Manhattan Northwestern Northwestern Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 46–47–6 (football) 36–45 (basketball) 20–31–2 (baseball) |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1895 All-American, 1896 |
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Fred J. Murphy was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a tackle at Yale University was selected as an All-American in 1895. Murphy served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri (1900–1901), Northwestern University (1914–1918), University of Denver (1920–1922), and University of Kentucky (1924–1926), compiling a career football coaching record of 46–47–6. He was also the head basketball coach at Manhattan College (1912–1913) and at Northwestern (1914–1917), and the head baseball coach at Northwestern (1914–1916) and Kentucky (1925–1926).
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Murphy attended Yale University where he played tackle for the school's football team. He was selected as an All-American at that position in 1895.
In 1894, Murphy was injured in the Harvard–Yale football game that became known as the "Hampden Park Blood Bath." The game had become increasingly brutal with the introduction of mass formation. In the 1894 game, four players on each team suffered serious injuries, resulting in the cancellation of the football rivalry between the two schools. Murphy was left unconscious for five hours in a hospital as a result of the beating he took in the game.[1]
Murphy started as the head football coach at the University of Missouri from 1900 to 1901 and compiled a 6–10–2 record.
Murphy was the 12th head coach at Northwestern University and he held that position for five seasons, from 1914 until 1918. His coaching record at Northwestern was 16–16–1. This ranks him 11th at Northwestern in total wins and tenth at Northwestern in winning percentage.[2]
Murphy returned to coaching in the 1920 season to coach at the University of Denver, a coaching position he held for three seasons until 1922. At Denver, he compiled a record of 12–7–2.[3] His best season at Denver was 1922, when the team's record was 6–1–1,[4] second only to his 6–1 season at Northwestern in 1916.[5]
Murphy's next move was to become the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1924 to 1926. There he compiled a record of 12–14–1.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Missouri Tigers (Independent) (1900–1901) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Missouri | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1901 | Missouri | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| Missouri: | 6–10–2 | ||||||||
| Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1914–1918) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Northwestern | 1–6 | 0–6 | 9th | |||||
| 1915 | Northwestern | 2–5 | 0–5 | 9th | |||||
| 1916 | Northwestern | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1917 | Northwestern | 5–2 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1918 | Northwestern | 2–2–1 | 1–1 | 6th | |||||
| Northwestern: | 16–16–1 | 8–15 | |||||||
| Denver Pioneers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Denver | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1921 | Denver | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1922 | Denver | 6–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Denver: | 12–7–2 | 7–6–2 | |||||||
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1924–1926) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Kentucky | 4–5 | 2–3 | T–14th | |||||
| 1925 | Kentucky | 6–3 | 4–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1926 | Kentucky | 2–6–1 | 1–4–1 | T–19th | |||||
| Kentucky: | 12–14–1 | 7–9–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 46–47–6 | ||||||||
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