Looking forward to having Lions legends Eddie Murray and Greg Landry in the store tomorrow for a signing. Landry played for the Lions, Colts and Bears. He rushed for over 2,600 yards and 21 touchdowns in his career, exceeding 500 yards on the ground in both 1971 and 1972, as well as averaging ten yards per carry in 1970 and scoring 9 touchdowns in 1972. He currently ranks third on the all-time Lions career passing yardage list (12,451), and ranks second in touchdown passes with 80. Murray was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round (166th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft and replaced veteran kicker Benny Ricardo. He was also selected in the third round (26th overall) of the 1980 CFL Draft by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
After winning the NFC scoring title with 116 points and setting a franchise record with 27 field goals, he was named to the Pro Bowl where he made 5 field goals and became the only rookie to ever receive the MVP award for the game.
In 1981, he made a last-minute field goal to beat the Dallas Cowboys. The play was memorable for the fact that the Lions were able to execute the kick without a huddle and out of a non-kicking formation.
In 1983, he made the longest field goal in Lions history (54 yards). In the NFC Divisional Playoff at San Francisco, with the Lions trailing 24-23 with 11 seconds left in the game, Murray, having earlier made a 54-yard field goal (an NFL playoff record at the time), narrowly missed a 43-yard attempt that sealed a 23-24 loss.
In 1985, he set a franchise record with 12 straight field goals. The next year, he set the franchise single-season record with 684 points. In 1988, he was a Pro Bowl alternate.
In 1988 and 1989, he tied an NFL record for the highest field goal accuracy in a season (95.24%).
Murray led the team in scoring in each of his first 10 seasons until 1990, when a hip injury kept him out of 5 games and prevented him from leading the team in scoring for the first time in his career, with Barry Sanders being first.
On April 29, 1992, he was waived to make room for second round draft choice Jason Hanson. He left as the franchise's All-time leading scorer, ranking seventeenth in NFL history and was the ninth Lion to have played in 12 seasons.
On September 14, 1993, he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys after an 0-2 start to replace a struggling Lin Elliott. In just 14 games, he had the best season of his career, making 27 out of 32 field goal attempts (122 points) in the regular season and all 6 in the playoffs.
Murray made a game-winning field goal in overtime in the regular season finale against the New York Giants, which determined the NFC East Title and NFC home field advantage throughout the playoffs. On January 30, 1994, he kicked three field goals in Super Bowl XXVIII, earning a Super Bowl ring as a member of the champion Cowboys.
This post was edited by SheriffCool on Mar 6 2020 07:22pm