Champions of the East prior to the Lambert Trophy in 1936 No individual subjective judgments, no mathematical rankings, no retro-ratings based on looking at a scorebook many years after the fact, no computer ratings. Just historically objective accurate research based on reality of the contemporary consensus. Inspired by college football historian and researcher Bob Royce, whose goal was always historical accuracy and reality rather than individual subjective judgment. The point of this project is to provide historically accurate reference information. The key: Ask not which team you think was the best. Instead, find which team would have won the Lambert Trophy. Primary sources: American Football, It's History And Development, copyright 1926 by D. Appleton and Company, New York; The Saga Of American Football, copyright 1955 by The Macmillan Company, New York; Football Immortals, copyright 1962 by The Macmillan Company, New York. All written by Alexander M. Weyand, Colonel, U.S. Army, Captain of the West Point football team of 1915, born January 10, 1892 and died May 10, 1982. Additional research by Bob Royce and Bob Kirlin, and the annual NCAA Football Guides. The list: 1876 Yale 1877 Princeton 1878 Princeton 1879 Princeton 1880 Princeton & Yale 1881 Yale 1882 Yale 1883 Yale 1884 Yale 1885 Princeton 1886 Yale 1887 Yale 1888 Yale 1889 Princeton 1890 Harvard 1891 Yale 1892 Yale 1893 Princeton 1894 Yale 1895 Pennsylvania 1896 Princeton 1897 Pennsylvania 1898 Harvard 1899 Princeton 1900 Yale 1901 Harvard 1902 Yale 1903 Princeton 1904 Pennsylvania 1905 Yale 1906 Yale 1907 Yale 1908 Harvard 1909 Yale 1910 Harvard 1911 Princeton 1912 Harvard 1913 Harvard 1914 Harvard 1915 Cornell 1916 Pittsburgh 1917 Pittsburgh 1918 Pittsburgh 1919 Penn State 1920 Princeton 1921 Penn State 1922 Princeton 1923 Yale 1924 Pennsylvania & Yale 1925 Dartmouth 1926 Navy 1927 Pittsburgh & Yale 1928 Boston College 1929 Pittsburgh 1930 Colgate 1931 Pittsburgh 1932 Pittsburgh 1933 Princeton 1934 Pittsburgh 1935 Princeton 1936 first year of the Lambert Trophy. http://www.lambertmeadowlands.com/past_winners.htm Bob Kirlin