Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy

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 Benjamin and Henry Lambert in memory of their father, Henry. 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.

Lambert Trophy
The Lambert Trophy on display in the Army Sports Hall of Fame at the United States Military Academy in 2019.
Given forthe best team in the East in Division I FBS (formerly I-A) college football
LocationEastern United States
CountryUnited States
Presented byMetropolitan New York Football Writers
History
First award1936
Most recentArmy[1] – 8th time

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

By team
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
Army81944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1958, 2018
Syracuse61952, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1987, 1992
Pittsburgh61936, 1937, 1955, 1976, 1979, 1980
Navy5½1943, 1954, 1957, 1960 (½), 1963, 2015
Boston College51940, 1942, 1983, 1984, 2004
Miami (FL)42000, 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 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
† Now a member of NCAA Division III.

Lambert Cup

Football Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA)

NOTE: The Ivy League, and until 1997, the Patriot League, do/did not participate in the NCAA Division I Football Tournament.

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Most FCS Lambert Cups
SchoolTotalYears won
Delaware81982, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010
Holy Cross51983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
James Madison51994, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2017
Villanova31992, 2002, 2009
Lehigh22001, 2011
Massachusetts †21998, 2006
New Hampshire22005, 2014
Rhode Island21984, 1985
William & Mary21990, 1996
Boston University ‡11993
Colgate12018
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
Indiana (PA)121987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2017
Delaware †111959, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969(½), 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973(½), 1974, 1976, 1979
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
Shepherd22015, 2016
Buffalo ‡11958
Clarion11996
Gettysburg ^11966
LIU Post12018
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
Wesley62007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
Alfred21971, 2016
Brockport22002, 2017
C.W. Post ‡21973, 1976
St. John Fisher22006, 2013
Wagner †21967, 1987
Washington & Jefferson21992, 1994
Widener21981, 2000
Wilkes21966, 1968
Union1½1984 (½), 1989
Allegheny11990
Carnegie Mellon11979
Cortland State12008
Edinboro ‡11970
Franklin & Marshall11972
Hobart12012
Hofstra ^11983
Johns Hopkins12018
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. "ECAC Announces 2018 Football Teams of the Year and Lambert Awards". ECACsports.com. January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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