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Gene Murphy (American Football, Born C. 1900)
Eugene L. Murphy (c. 1900 – 1976) was an American football player and coach. He attended Columbia Prep in Portland, Oregon. He played college football for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams in 1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, 1921 and 1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, 1922. He coached high school football at the then Sacred Heart College (High School Division; now "Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory")in San Francisco for the 1925 season. In June 1927, he was hired as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Columbia University (renamed the University of Portland in 1935. He held that position for 10 years from 1927 to 1936. He retired in December 1936 to enter private business. He was posthumously inducted into the University of Portland Hall of Fame in 1991. Head coaching record College football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Gene 1900s births 1976 deaths Notre Dame Fighting Irish foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Columbia Irish Football Team
The 1927 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its first year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a 1–4 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co .... Schedule References {{Portland Pilots football navbox Columbia Portland Pilots football seasons Columbia Irish football Columbia Irish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 College Football Season
The 1934 college football season was the 66th season of college football in the United States. Two New Year's Day bowl games were initiated to rival the Rose Bowl Game. On February 15, Warren V. Miller and Joseph M. Cousins organized the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association and by October, the group had enough funds to sponsor the Sugar Bowl. Meanwhile, W. Keith Phillips and the Greater Miami Athletic Club worked in November at a January 1 game for Florida, and the Orange Bowl was created. Once again, University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson's math system selected a Big Ten team as national champion, the undefeated Minnesota Golden Gophers. William Boand and Professor Edward Earl Litkenhous also selected Minnesota at the end of the season. The conference, however, still had a bar against its members playing in the postseason, so Minnesota did not play in any of the bowl games. The undefeated and eventual Rose Bowl champion Alabama Crimson Tide was selected as nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Columbia Irish Football Team
The 1933 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1933 college football season. In its seventh year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a 4–3 record. The team played its home games at Vaughn Street Park and Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co .... Schedule References {{Portland Pilots football navbox Columbia Portland Pilots football seasons Columbia Irish football Columbia Irish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 College Football Season
The 1933 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines repeat as winners of the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System. The unofficial east–west championship game, the Rose Bowl, was between Stanford (8–1–1) who was ranked behind USC and unranked Columbia (7–1). The Columbia Lions won the Rose Bowl game 7–0. Conference and program changes Conference changes Two new conferences began play in 1933: ** Chesapeake Conference – active through the 1936 season ** Southeastern Conference (SEC) – active NCAA Division I FBS conference; formed after its thirteen members broke away from the Southern Conference in 1932. Membership changes September September 23 USC opened its season with a doubleheader against Occidental College, and Whittier College. Using a combination of varsity and reserves, the Trojans won 39–0 and 51–0, respectively. Although future President Richard M. Nixon had been on the freshman football team at W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Columbia Irish Football Team
The 1932 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its sixth year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co .... Schedule References {{Portland Pilots football navbox Columbia Portland Pilots football seasons College football undefeated seasons Columbia Irish football Columbia Irish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 College Football Season
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Columbia Irish Football Team
The 1931 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a 2–5 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co .... Schedule References {{Portland Pilots football navbox Columbia Portland Pilots football seasons Columbia Irish football Columbia Irish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 College Football Season
The 1931 college football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as the No. 1 position from each of the other three contemporary major selectors (Boand, Dunkel, and Houlgate Systems). Rockne, who had coached Notre Dame to a championship in 1930, had been killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931. For the first time, the champion under the Dickinson System also played in a postseason game. The Rose Bowl, promoted as an unofficial championship matchup between the best teams of East and West, matched USC and Tulane, No. 1 and No. 2 in the Dickinson ratings. USC won, 21–12. Two years later, historian Parke Davis selected Pittsburgh and Purdue (No. 9 and No. 10 in the Dickinson ratings) as "Outstanding Nationwide Teams" for 1931, the only one of the 13 selectors to choose either team. Davis’ work has been criticized for having a heavy Eastern bias, with little regard for the South and the West Coast. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Columbia Irish Football Team
The 1930 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In its fourth year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a 4–2 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co .... Schedule References {{Portland Pilots football navbox Columbia Portland Pilots football seasons Columbia Irish football Columbia Irish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 College Football Season
The 1930 college football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as claim the No. 1 position from each of the other three contemporary major selectors, (the Boand, Dunkel, and Houlgate Systems). The post-season Rose Bowl matchup featured two unbeaten (9–0) teams, Washington State and Alabama, ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Alabama won the Pasadena contest, 24–0. Conference and program changes Conference changes *Three conferences played their first seasons in 1930: **''Dixie Conference'' – the first of three conferences to share the ''Dixie Conference'' name; ended football sponsorship after 1941 **''Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference'' – minor conference with members in Michigan, Ohio, and the Canadian province of Ontario; ended football sponsorship after 1941 **''North State Conference'' – later known as Conference Carolinas; ended football sponsorship in 1973 Membership changes Program changes * Stanford Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Columbia Irish Football Team
The 1929 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its third year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a – record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co .... Schedule References {{Portland Pilots football navbox Columbia Portland Pilots football seasons Columbia Irish football Columbia Irish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
