The Yank Townsend Trophy is an award created in 2006 and given to the winner of Lehigh-Yale Football games.

[1] The Yank Townsend Trophy was created in 2006 at the urging of Alumni from both schools to commemorate "the lifetime achievements of their graduates, and the generations of families that have attended both universities.

[1][2] After his graduation from Lehigh Townsend worked in New Haven where he was a prominent member of the local community, and a Freemason.

[4] Townsend was a major Booster for both the Lehigh Engineers[b] and Yale Bulldogs and was heavily involved in both schools athletic programs.

Lehigh had closed to within 28-21 56 seconds into the third quarter, however, Yale would score twice in six minutes to put the game away.