RPI–WPI football rivalry
American college football rivalry
RPI Engineers WPI Engineers | |
Sport | Football |
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First meeting | November 3, 1894 WPI 4, RPI 0 |
Latest meeting | September 15, 2023 RP1 25, WPI 0 |
Next meeting | 2024 |
Trophy | Transit Trophy (since 1980) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 115 |
All-time series | RPI leads, 62–48–5 (.561) |
Largest victory | RPI, 59–0 (1922) |
Longest win streak | WPI, 15 (1951–1966) |
Current win streak | RPI, 3 (2021–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 college football history.[2] The series was played uninterrupted from 1947 until 2020, when it was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the teams' 1979 meeting, the schools agreed to award a transit to the winning team; having become a tradition since 1980.[3][4]
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See also
References
- ^ "History lesson: Engineering rivalries". D3football. September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Highly Coveted Transit Trophy Returns to WPI". WPI. September 28, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Football Set to Face RPI for the Transit Trophy – What is the Transit Trophy? – WPI Athletics – WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu. December 8, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "Transit Trophy". www.augenblick.org. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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