RPI–WPI football rivalry

RPI–WPI football rivalry
Sport Football
First meeting November 3, 1894
WPI 4, RPI 0
Latest meeting September 8, 2018
RPI 25, WPI 14
Next meeting TBD
Trophy Transit Trophy (since 1980)
Statistics
Meetings total 111
All-time series RPI leads, 60–47–5 (.558)
Largest victory RPI, 59–0 (1922)
Longest win streak WPI, 15 (1951–1966)
Current win streak RPI, 2 (2017–present)

The RPI–WPI football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the RPI Engineers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the WPI Engineers of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[1] The two teams have played regularly since their first meeting in 1894, making it one of the oldest rivalries in NCAA Division III College Football history.[2] The series has been played uninterrupted since 1947. Following the teams' 1979 meeting, the schools agreed to award a transit to the winning team; having become a tradition since 1980.[3][4]

Game results

RPI victoriesWPI victoriesTies

See also

References

  1. "History lesson: Engineering rivalries". D3football. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. "Highly Coveted Transit Trophy Returns to WPI". WPI. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. "Football Set to Face RPI for the Transit Trophy - What is the Transit Trophy? - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. "Transit Trophy". www.augenblick.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
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