This is the fifth and final chapter profiling teams covered by this site that won the Lambert Trophy or Cup, the once-coveted but now-forgotten award presented to the East's top team. Today, we look at winners since the formation of NCAA Division II in 1973. In the early 1980s, the D-II Lambert spun off a branch for I-AA (FCS) teams, previously covered.
If there's one thing I can conclude from this little journey, it's this: Delaware is very, very good, and perhaps the Hens should have moved up to FBS a whole ago.
Here are parts I, II, III and IV. And if you make to the end of this post, you'll find a small bonus waiting.
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The Hens qualified for the inaugural NCAA D-II playoffs and lost to Central Michigan in the title game.
I’m running out of thing to say about these guys. Um, the uniforms looked great?
The Minutemen reached the inaugural Division I-AA (FCS) national championship game and lost to Nevada.
Hens QB Scott Brunner guided the New York Giants to their first-ever road playoff win two years later.
The Chargers opened the season with a 14-13 win over FCS UConn. Head coach Mark Whipple guided UMass to the 1998 FCS title.
Head coach Tony Sparano later led the Miami Dolphins to an AFC East title in 2008, one year after finishing 1-15.
The Chargers outscored their opponents 433-98 in the regular season and went 2-1 against FCS foes.
New Haven averaged 40.2 points per game, something I had a hard time doing in the NCAA Playstation 2 video game on freshman difficulty.
BONUS: New England's lone Division III winner of Lambert loot:
Freshman and future Heisman candidate Joe Dudek ran for 1,094 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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