University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Accepts Lambert Trophy
2/23/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Feb. 23, 2011
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The University of Connecticut football team accepted the Lambert Trophy last Thursday at the ECAC's Eastern College Footall Baquet at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
Senior defensive tackle Kendall Reyes (Nashua, N.H.)., senior All-ECAC kicker Dave Teggart (Northborough, Mass.) and junior corneback Blidi Wreh-Wilson (Edinboro, Pa.) were presented the trophy on behalf of the Huskies. Wreh-Wilso also accepted the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year Award for running back Jordan Todman. UConn head football coach Paul Pasqualoni was also in attendence.
UConn was recognized as the top FBS team of 2010 in the Lambert Meadowlands Bowl Subdivision Football Poll which was released in early January. The Huskies, who finished the season with 150 points, edged out BIG EAST opponent West Virginia who finished the year with 148 points. Other BIG EAST teams that made the top-10 include Pittsburgh, South Florida, Syracuse and Louisville.
Established in 1936 as the Lambert Trophy to recognize supremacy in Eastern college football, the award has since grown to recognize the best team in the East in the Bowl Subdivision. In 1957, the Lambert Cup was created to recognize non-Division I-A teams, and in 1966 a Division III award was added. In 1983, the Lambert family decided the Meadowlands Sports Complex would be the best organization with a sincere and involved interest in college athletics to sponsor and manage the award, and since that time, the awards have been known as the Lambert Meadowlands Awards.
To be eligible for the Lambert Meadowlands Award, a school must be located in the East or play at least half of 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 at least half of their schedule features eligible teams. Teams in Eastern-based football conferences, regardless of location, qualify if at least half their schedule is against Lambert eligible teams.
ECAC Lambert Meadowlands Bowl Subdivision Football Poll
Record Points
1. Connecticut 8-5 150
2. West Virginia 9-4 148
3. Pittsburgh 8-5 134
4. Navy 9-4 118
5. Penn State 7-6 108
6. South Florida 8-5 94
6. Syracuse 8-5 94
8. Boston College 7-6 46
9. Temple 8-4 44
10. Louisville 7-6 34
ARV: Army, Cincinnati
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