Bill Knight Trophy

Bill Knight Trophy
Statistics
Sport	College football
Teams	UMass Minutemen New Hampshire Wildcats
First meeting	Rivalry 1897, Trophy 1986
Latest meeting	2011 Trophy awarded to Dontra Peters, UNH
All-time series	UMass leads, 43–27–3

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 University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of New Hampshire. A new trophy is cast each year, therefore allowing the honoree to keep his award permanently.

History

The award is named after the long-time Sports Information Director at New Hampshire. Knight 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] The trophy was first awarded to Tim Bryant of UMass in 1986, and has been given every year since to the player who gives the best performance in the annual contest.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Position	Team	Result	Location
1986	Tim Bryant	QB	UMass	UMass, 38–31	Amherst, MA
1987	Bob Jean	QB	UNH	UNH, 17–10	Durham, NH
1988	Dave Palazzi	QB	UMass	UMass, 64–42	Durham, NH
1989	Gary Wilkos	QB	UMass	UMass, 34–28	Amherst, MA
1990	Matt Griffin	QB	UNH	UNH, 36–18	Durham, NH
1991	Matt Griffin	QB	UNH	UNH, 35–28	Amherst, MA
1992	Jim Stayer	QB	UNH	UNH, 20–13	Durham, NH
1993	John Johnson	FB	UMass	UMass, 15–13	Amherst, MA
1994	Mike Foley	DE	UNH	UNH, 14–11	Durham, NH
1995	Jerry Azumah	TB	UNH	UNH, 32–29	Amherst, MA
1996	Jerry Azumah	TB	UNH	UNH, 40–7	Durham, NH
1997	Jerry Azumah	TB	UNH	UNH, 28–10	Amherst, MA
1998	Marcel Shipp	TB	UMass	UMass, 27–26	Durham, NH
1999	Adrian Zullo	WR	UMass	UMass, 34–19	Amherst, MA
2000	Stephan Lewis	TB	UNH	UNH, 24–16	Durham, NH
2001	Stephan Lewis	TB	UNH	UNH, 35–24	Amherst, MA
2002	Stephan Lewis	TB	UNH	UNH, 31–14	Durham, NH
2003	Jason Peebler	WR	UMass	UMass, 44–30	Amherst, MA
2004	Steve Baylark	TB	UMass	UMass, 38–21	Durham, NH
2005	David Ball	WR	UNH	UNH, 34–28	Amherst, MA
2006	Jason Hatchell	DE	UMass	UMass, 28–20	Durham, NH
2007	Matt Lawrence	TB	UMass	UMass, 27–7	Amherst, MA
2008	Matt Parent	LB	UNH	UNH, 52–21	Durham, NH
2009	Jon Hernandez	TB	UMass	UMass, 23–17	Amherst, MA
2010	Matt Evans	LB	UNH	UNH, 39–13	Foxboro, MA
2011	Dontra Peters	TB	UNH	UNH, 27–21	Foxboro, MA

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

↑ "The Bill Knight Award". Newenglandfootball.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

University of New Hampshire

Academics	Business and Economics Law

Athletics	Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey

Events	Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket Colonial Clash New Hampshire–Dartmouth rivalry New Hampshire–Maine hockey rivalry

Facilities	Wildcat Stadium Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum InterOperability Laboratory Lundholm Gym Memorial Union Building New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts New Hampshire Public Television Shoals Marine Laboratory University of New Hampshire at Manchester University of New Hampshire Observatory Thompson Hall Whittemore Center Williamson Hall

Programs	Green Launching Pad

Organizations	Carsey School of Public Policy New Hampshire Outing Club Not Too Sharp University of New Hampshire Wildcat Marching Band

Media	The New Hampshire WUNH

Related	Bill Knight Trophy List of University of New Hampshire alumni "On to Victory" "UNH Alma Mater" University Press of New England Wildcat Sports Network

UMass Minutemen football

Venues	Alumni Field (1879–1964) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (1965–2011, 2014–) Gillette Stadium (alternate) (2012–)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College New Hampshire: Colonial Clash (Bill Knight Trophy) UConn

Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass" University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

New Hampshire Wildcats football

Venues	Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Bill Knight Trophy

History

Recipients

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References