the two schools have played each other every year since 1952, with umass holding a 43-26-3 advantage. unh captured the 2008 game 52-21 while umass won on homecoming in 2009, 23-17. in 2006, the schools played twice, meeting first on november 4th in durham, nh (with umass winning 28-20), then again on december 2nd in amherst for the ncaa fcs quarterfinals (umass winning 24-17). after each regular season meeting, the billy knight trophy is awarded to the mvp of the game.