Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy

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The Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy is an annual award given to the best team in the East in Division I-A college football.

The Lambert Trophy was established by brothers Victor and Henry Lambert in memory of their father, August. The Lamberts were the principals in a distinguished Madison Avenue jewelry house and were prominent college football boosters. The trophy, established in 1936 as the "Lambert Trophy" to recognize supremacy in eastern college football, has since grown to recognize the best team in the East in Division I-A. The Lambert Cup is awarded to Divisions I-AA, II and III teams. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, operator of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, took over the administration of the Lambert Meadowlands Awards in 1983.

West Virginia University won the most recent award after the 2007 season, which is their third. Since 1936, there have been 16 different winners in Division I-A. Penn State has won the award a record 26 times.

To be eligible for the Lambert Meadowlands Award, a school must be located in the East or play half its schedule against eligible Lambert teams. The territory includes New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania, while teams in the bordering states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and the District of Columbia qualify if half their schedule features eligible teams. While they were members of the Big East Conference, Virginia Tech and Miami of Florida were also eligible. Current Big East members Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida are now eligible.

Contents 1 Lambert Trophy winners 1.1 Most Lambert Trophies 2 Lambert Cup 2.1 Division I-AA 2.2 Division II 2.3 Division III 3 References

[edit] Lambert Trophy winners

Year School 1936 Pittsburgh 1937 Pittsburgh 1938 Carnegie Tech 1939 Cornell 1940 Boston College 1941 Fordham 1942 Boston College 1943 Navy 1944 Army 1945 Army 1946 Army 1947 Penn State 1948 Army 1949 Army 1950 Princeton 1951 Princeton 1952 Syracuse 1953 Army

Year School 1954 Navy 1955 Pittsburgh 1956 Syracuse 1957 Navy 1958 Army 1959 Syracuse 1960 Navy/Yale 1961 Penn State 1962 Penn State 1963 Navy 1964 Penn State 1965 Dartmouth 1966 Syracuse 1967 Penn State 1968 Penn State 1969 Penn State 1970 Dartmouth 1971 Penn State

Year School 1972 Penn State 1973 Penn State 1974 Penn State 1975 Penn State 1976 Pittsburgh 1977 Penn State 1978 Penn State 1979 Pittsburgh 1980 Pittsburgh 1981 Penn State 1982 Penn State 1983 Boston College 1984 Boston College 1985 Penn State 1986 Penn State 1987 Syracuse 1988 West Virginia 1989 Penn State

Year School 1990 Penn State 1991 Penn State 1992 Syracuse 1993 West Virginia 1994 Penn State 1995 Virginia Tech 1996 Penn State 1997 Penn State 1998 Penn State 1999 Virginia Tech 2000 Miami 2001 Miami 2002 Miami 2003 Miami 2004 Boston College 2005 Penn State 2006 Louisville 2007 West Virginia

[edit] Most Lambert Trophies

School	Total	Years won
Penn State	26	1947, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
Army	7	1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1958
Pittsburgh	6	1936, 1937, 1955, 1976, 1979, 1980
Syracuse	6	1952, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1987, 1992
Boston College	5	1940, 1942, 1983, 1984, 2004
Navy	4½	1943, 1954, 1957, 1960 (½), 1963
Miami	4	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
West Virginia	3	1988, 1993, 2007
Dartmouth	2	1965, 1970
Princeton	2	1950, 1951
Virginia Tech	2	1995, 1999
Carnegie Tech	1	1938
Cornell	1	1939
Fordham	1	1941
Louisville	1	2006
Yale	½	1960 (½)

[edit] Lambert Cup

[edit] Division I-AA

Year School 1982 Delaware 1983 Holy Cross 1984 Rhode Island 1985 Rhode Island 1986 Holy Cross 1987 Holy Cross 1988 Holy Cross 1989 Holy Cross 1990 William & Mary

Year School 1991 Delaware 1992 Villanova 1993 Boston Univ. 1994 James Madison 1995 Delaware 1996 William & Mary 1997 Delaware 1998 Massachusetts 1999 Hofstra

Year School 2000 Delaware 2001 Lehigh 2002 Villanova 2003 Delaware 2004 James Madison 2005 New Hampshire 2006 Massachusetts 2007 Delaware

[edit] Division II

Year School 1957 Lehigh 1958 Buffalo 1959 Delaware 1960 Bucknell 1961 Lehigh 1962 Delaware 1963 Delaware 1964 Bucknell 1965 Maine 1966 Gettysburg 1967 West Chester 1968 Delaware 1969 Delaware/Wesleyan 1970 Delaware 1971 Delaware 1972 Delaware 1973 Delaware/Lehigh

Year School 1974 Delaware 1975 Lehigh 1976 Delaware 1977 Lehigh 1978 Massachusetts 1979 Delaware 1980 Lehigh 1981 Shippensburg 1982 East Stroudsburg 1983 Towson State 1984 Towson State 1985 Bloomsburg 1986 Towson State 1987 Indiana (Pa.) 1988 Millersville 1989 Indiana (Pa.) 1990 Indiana (Pa.)

Year School 1991 Indiana (Pa.) 1992 New Haven 1993 Indiana (Pa.) 1994 Indiana (Pa.) 1995 New Haven 1996 Clarion 1997 New Haven 1998 Slippery Rock 1999 Indiana (Pa.) 2000 Bloomsburg 2001 Indiana (Pa.) 2002 Indiana (Pa.) 2003 Indiana (Pa.) 2004 West Chester 2005 East Stroudsburg 2006 West Chester 2007 California (Pa.)

[edit] Division III

Year School 1966 Wilkes 1967 Wagner 1968 Wilkes 1969 USMMA 1970 Edinboro 1971 Alfred 1972 Franklin & Marshall 1973 C.W. Post 1974 Ithaca 1975 Ithaca 1976 C.W. Post 1977 Westminster 1978 Ithaca 1979 Carnegie Mellon

Year School 1980 Ithaca 1981 Widener 1982 Plymouth State 1983 Hofstra 1984 Union/Ithaca 1985 Ithaca 1986 Salisbury State 1987 Wagner 1988 Ithaca 1989 Union 1990 Allegheny 1991 Ithaca 1992 Washington & Jefferson 1993 Rowan

Year School 1994 Washington & Jefferson 1995 Rowan 1996 Rowan 1997 Lycoming 1998 Rowan 1999 Rowan 2000 Widener 2001 Rowan 2002 Brockport 2003 Rensselaer 2004 Rowan 2005 Rowan 2006 St. John Fisher 2007 Wesley

[edit] References