Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy

Lambert Trophy
Given for the best team in the East in Division I FBS (formerly I-A) college football
Location Eastern United States
Country United States
Presented by Metropolitan New York Football Writers
History
First award 1936
Most recent Penn State – 31st time

The Lambert Trophy is an annual award given to the best team in the East in Division I FBS (formerly I-A) college football. In affiliation with the Metropolitan New York Football Writers (founded 1935), 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 FBS. A set of parallel trophies collectively known as the Lambert Cup is awarded to teams in Division I FCS (formerly I-AA), Division II, and Division III. The Metropolitan New York Football Writers, owned and operated by American Football Networks, Inc., took the administration of the Lambert Meadowlands Awards back from the New Jersey Sports & Exhibition Authority in 2011.

Since 1936, there have been 19 different winners in Division I-A/FBS. To be eligible for the Lambert Award, a school must be located in the "East." Teams in the "East" include teams located in New York, New Jersey, New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia (although there are no FBS teams in Delaware nor Washington D.C., there are teams that compete at lower levels that can win the various Lambert Cup awards for their levels). Additionally, while the Big East Conference was a football conference, members of that conference outside of the "East" were also made eligible if at least half their schedule was against Lambert-eligible teams.


Lambert Trophy winners

By Year

Year School Record Final AP Rank Bowl
1936Pittsburgh8–1–1#3Won Rose
1937Pittsburgh9–0–1#1No Bowl
1938Carnegie Tech8–1–1#6Lost Sugar
1939Cornell8–0#4No Bowl
1940Boston College11–0#5Won Sugar
1941Fordham8–1#6Won Sugar
1942Boston College8–2#8Lost Orange
1943Navy8–1#4No Bowl
1944Army9–0#1No Bowl
1945Army9–0#1No Bowl
1946Army9–0–1#2No Bowl
1947Penn State9–0–1#4Tied Cotton
1948Army8–0–1#6No Bowl
1949Army9–0#4No Bowl
1950Princeton9–0#6No Bowl
1951Princeton9–0#6No Bowl
1952Syracuse7–3#14Lost Orange
1953Army7–1–1#14No Bowl
1954Navy8–2#5Won Sugar
1955Pittsburgh7–4#11Lost Sugar
1956Syracuse7–2#8Lost Cotton
1957Navy8–1–1#5Won Cotton
1958Army8–0–1#3No Bowl
1959Syracuse11–0#1Won Cotton
1960Navy9–2#4Lost Orange
Yale9–0#14No Bowl
1961Penn State8–3#17Won Gator
1962Penn State9–2#9Lost Gator
1963Navy9–2#2Lost Cotton
1964Penn State6–4NRNo Bowl
1965Dartmouth9–0NRNo Bowl
1966Syracuse8–3NRLost Gator
1967Penn State8–2–1#10Tied Gator
1968Penn State11–0#2Won Orange
1969Penn State11–0#2Won Orange
1970Dartmouth9–0#14No Bowl
1971Penn State11–1#5Won Cotton
1972Penn State10–2#10Lost Sugar
1973Penn State12–0#5Won Orange
1974Penn State10–2#7Won Cotton
1975Penn State9–3#10Lost Sugar
1976Pittsburgh12–0#1Won Sugar
1977Penn State11–1#5Won Fiesta
1978Penn State11–1#4Lost Sugar
1979Pittsburgh11–1#7Won Fiesta
1980Pittsburgh11–1#2Won Gator
1981Penn State10–2#3Won Fiesta
1982Penn State11–1#1Won Sugar
1983Boston College9–3#19Lost Liberty
1984Boston College10–2#5Won Cotton
1985Penn State11–1#3Lost Orange
1986Penn State12–0#1Won Fiesta
1987Syracuse11–0–1#4Tied Sugar
1988West Virginia11–1#5Lost Fiesta
1989Penn State8–3–1#15Won Holiday
1990Penn State9–3#11Lost Blockbuster
1991Penn State11–2#3Won Fiesta
1992Syracuse10–2#6Won Fiesta
1993West Virginia11–1#7Lost Sugar
1994Penn State12–0#2Won Rose
1995Virginia Tech10–2#10Won Sugar
1996Penn State11–2#7Won Fiesta
1997Penn State9–3#16Lost Citrus
1998Penn State9–3#17Won Outback
1999Virginia Tech11–1#2Lost Sugar
2000Miami11–1#2Won Sugar
2001Miami12–0#1Won Rose
2002Miami12–1#2Lost Fiesta
2003Miami11–2#5Won Orange
2004Boston College9–3#21Won Continental Tire
2005Penn State11–1#3Won Orange
2006Louisville12–1#5Won Orange
2007West Virginia11–2#6Won Fiesta
2008Penn State11–2#8Lost Rose
2009Penn State[1]11–2#9Won Capital One
2010Connecticut8–5NRLost Fiesta
2011West Virginia10–3#17Won Orange
2012Cincinnati10–3NRWon Belk
2013Penn State7–5NRNo Bowl
2014Rutgers8–5NRWon Quick Lane
2015Navy11–2#18Won Military
2016Penn State11-3#7Lost Rose
2017Penn State11-2#8Won Fiesta

By School

SchoolTotalYears won
Penn State311947, 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, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017
Army71944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1958
Pittsburgh61936, 1937, 1955, 1976, 1979, 1980
Syracuse61952, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1987, 1992
Navy5½1943, 1954, 1957, 1960 (½), 1963, 2015
Boston College51940, 1942, 1983, 1984, 2004
Miami42000, 2001, 2002, 2003
West Virginia41988, 1993, 2007, 2011
Dartmouth ^21965, 1970
Princeton ^21950, 1951
Virginia Tech21995, 1999
Carnegie Tech †11938
Cincinnati12012
Connecticut12010
Cornell ^11939
Fordham ^11941
Louisville12006
Rutgers12014
Yale ^½1960 (½)

^ Now a member of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
† Now a member of Division III.

Lambert Cup

Football Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA)

NOTE: The Ivy League, and until 2007, the Patriot League, do/did not participate in the NCAA Division I Football Tournament.

Source

Most FCS Lambert Cups

SchoolTotalYears won
Delaware81982, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010
Holy Cross51983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
James Madison31994, 2004, 2008
Villanova31992, 2002, 2009
Lehigh22001, 2011
Massachusetts †21998, 2006
New Hampshire22005, 2014
Rhode Island21984, 1985
William & Mary21990, 1996
Boston University ‡11993
Fordham12015
Hofstra ‡11999
Old Dominion †12012
Towson12013

† Now a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
‡ Discontinued football

Division II

Most D-II Lambert Cups

SchoolTotalYears won
Delaware †111959, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969(½), 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973(½), 1974, 1976, 1979
Indiana (PA)111987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012
Lehigh †5½1957, 1961, 1973 (½), 1975, 1977, 1980
West Chester51967, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013
New Haven41992, 1995, 1997, 2011
Bloomsburg31985, 2000, 2014
Towson State †31983, 1984, 1986
Bucknell †21960, 1964
California (PA)22007, 2009
East Stroudsburg21982, 2005
Buffalo ‡11958
Clarion11996
Gettysburg ^11966
Maine †11965
Massachusetts ‡11978
Mercyhurst12010
Millersville11988
Shippensburg11981
Slippery Rock11998
Wesleyan ^½1969 (½)

‡ Now a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
† Now a member of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
^ Now a member of Division III.

Division III

Most D-III Lambert Cups

SchoolTotalYears won
Rowan81993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005
Ithaca7½1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1984 (½), 1985, 1988, 1991
Wesley52007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
Alfred21971, 2016
C.W. Post ‡21973, 1976
St. John Fisher22006, 2013
Wagner †21967, 1987
Washington & Jefferson21992, 1994
Widener21981, 2000
Wilkes21966, 1968
Union1½1984 (½), 1989
Allegheny11990
Brockport12002
Carnegie Mellon11979
Cortland State12008
Edinboro ‡11970
Franklin & Marshall11972
Hobart12012
Hofstra ^11983
Lycoming11997
Merchant Marine11969
Plymouth State11982
Rensselaer12003
Salisbury State11986
Westminster11977

† Now a member of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
‡ Now a member of Division II.
^ Discontinued football

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mackall, Dave (2010-01-05). "Penn State finishes atop MNYFW poll". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
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