RACER SOCCER - Murray State University

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Once the home field for Murray State football, Cutchin Field has been the home pitch for Murray State soccer
since the program was launched in 2000.
Located beside the Curris Center and across the street from Racer Arena, Cutchin Field features a 72-by-114-yard
Bermuda playing field. The playing surface at Cutchin is always in excellent condition and has served the program
well.
One of the charming features of Cutchin Field is that it sits in the middle of campus and is very accessible to students
and fans who attend matches in large numbers. The hill across from the bench-side of the field is the best
place to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the Racers playing on a fall afternoon.
Cutchin Field was the home of Murray State football from 1924 to 1972. The Thoroughbreds — later to be called
the Racers — won 142 football games here including the inaugural OVC championship in 1948. Almost 28 years
passed between the last football game and the first soccer game here.
The field is named for multi-sport coach Carlisle Cutchin, who was Murray State’s second football coach (1925-
30), and the first men’s basketball coach (1925-41), and he also coached baseball at MSU (1928-32, 1941, 1946-
53). He was inducted into the Murray State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970, the first coach to earn the honor.
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