James Murphy

Murphy was a tenth round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 1981.  He then had a tryout with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1982, before signing with Winnpeg for the 1983 season.    Murphy had 61 catches and 1126 yards in his rookie season, despite only playing 14 games.  Playing in all 16 games in 1984, Murphy bumped his totals to 70 catches and 1220 yards.  Injuries kept Murphy to only12 igames in 1985, keeping him from reaching the thousand yard mark receiving for the first time in his career.  Murpy, however, bounced back in a big way iin 1986 and has an oustanding season with 116 catches for 1746 yards and winning Eastern and All-Canadian honours as well as being named the OUstanding Player in the CFL.  Murphy had over 1000 yards receiving in each of tghe next three season, earing him Eastern All-Star honours in all of them.  Murphy played his final season in the CFL in 1990.  In total, he played eight seasons from 1983 to 1990 for Winnipeg and ranks as one of the Bombers and  the league's greatest all-time receiviers.  Murphy was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Games Played and Receiving
Team Year GP Rec Yds Avg Long TD
WPG 1983 14 61 1126 18.5 82 4
WPG 1984 16 70 1220 17.4 86 12
WPG 1985 12 56 749 13.4 49 3
WPG 1986 18 116 1746 15.1 82 12
WPG 1987 16 84 1130 13.5 61 10
WPG 1988 18 76 1409 18.5 72 10
WPG 1989 17 68 1150 16.9 58 8
WPG 1990 12 42 506 12 28 2
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1983 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1984 WPG 1 2 2 0 2
1985 WPG 1 6 6 0 6
1986 WPG 10 50 5 0 16
1987 WPG 2 14 7 0 13
1988 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1989 WPG 1 0 0 0 0
1990 WPG 1 15 15 0 15
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1983 WPG 10 221 22.1 0 33
1984 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1985 WPG 3 44 13.7 0 21
1986 WPG 19 462 24.3 0 57
1987 WPG 7 177 25.3 0 34
1988 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1989 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1990 WPG 1 17 17 0 17
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1983 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1984 WPG 10 165 16.5 1 64
1985 WPG 1 6 6 0 0
1986 WPG 0 6 6 0 0
1987 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1988 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1989 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1990 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1983 WPG 1 1 0
1984 WPG 0 0 0
1985 WPG 3 2 1
1986 WPG 2 1 0
1987 WPG 1 1 0
1988 WPG 0 0 1
1989 WPG 0 0 1
1990 WPG 2 2 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1983 WPG


1984 WPG


1985 WPG


1986 WPG


1987 WPG 3

1988 WPG 2

1989 WPG 4

1990 WPG 3

Tackles were not tracked until 1987 and special teams until 1991.

Murphy had one fumble recovery for zero yards in 1984.

1984 Jogo