Bill Knight Trophy

The Bill Knight Trophy is an annual trophy given to the Most Outstanding Player of the Colonial Clash, a college football rivalry game played between the Minutemen of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Wildcats of the University of New Hampshire. A new trophy is cast each year, therefore allowing the honoree to keep his award permanently.

Bill Knight Trophy
SportCollege football
Teams
First meetingRivalry 1897, Trophy 1986
Latest meeting2011
Trophy awarded to Dontra Peters, UNH
Statistics
All-time seriesUMass leads, 43–27–3

History

The award is named after Bill Knight, long-time Sports Information Director at the University of New Hampshire, who died in November 1985. In addition to his duties at UNH, Knight was a past President of the New England Sports Information Directors Association, a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee at the 1984 Winter Games, and a recipient of the Irving T. Marsh ECAC Service Bureau Award. He also served as the Information Officer of the Yankee Conference. Knight was inducted into the University of New Hampshire 100 Club Hall of Fame on October 2, 1987.[1] First awarded to Tim Bryant of UMass in 1986, the Bill Knight Trophy has been given to the most outstanding player of each playing of the Colonial Clash since then.

Recipients
Year Winner Position Team Result Location
1986Tim BryantQBUMassUMass, 38–31Amherst, MA
1987Bob JeanQBUNHUNH, 17–10Durham, NH
1988Dave PalazziQBUMassUMass, 64–42Durham, NH
1989Gary WilkosQBUMassUMass, 34–28Amherst, MA
1990Matt GriffinQBUNHUNH, 36–18Durham, NH
1991Matt GriffinQBUNHUNH, 35–28Amherst, MA
1992Jim StayerQBUNHUNH, 20–13Durham, NH
1993John JohnsonFBUMassUMass, 15–13Amherst, MA
1994Mike FoleyDEUNHUNH, 14–11Durham, NH
1995Jerry AzumahTBUNHUNH, 32–29Amherst, MA
1996Jerry AzumahTBUNHUNH, 40–7Durham, NH
1997Jerry AzumahTBUNHUNH, 28–10Amherst, MA
1998Marcel ShippTBUMassUMass, 27–26Durham, NH
1999Adrian ZulloWRUMassUMass, 34–19Amherst, MA
2000Stephan LewisTBUNHUNH, 24–16Durham, NH
2001Stephan LewisTBUNHUNH, 35–24Amherst, MA
2002Stephan LewisTBUNHUNH, 31–14Durham, NH
2003Jason PeeblerWRUMassUMass, 44–30Amherst, MA
2004Steve BaylarkTBUMassUMass, 38–21Durham, NH
2005David BallWRUNHUNH, 34–28Amherst, MA
2006Jason HatchellDEUMassUMass, 28–20Durham, NH
2007Matt LawrenceTBUMassUMass, 27–7Amherst, MA
2008Matt ParentLBUNHUNH, 52–21Durham, NH
2009Jon HernandezTBUMassUMass, 23–17Amherst, MA
2010Matt EvansLBUNHUNH, 39–13Foxboro, MA
2011Dontra PetersTBUNHUNH, 27–21Foxboro, MA

See also

Notes
  • Quarterbacks won the first seven awards. No quarterback has won since.
  • No player from the losing team has been awarded the trophy.
  • Four Bill Knight Trophy winners have gone on to play in the NFL: Jerry Azumah, Marcel Shipp, Steve Baylark, and Matt Lawrence.

References
  1. "The Bill Knight Award". Newenglandfootball.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
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