Brain Bowl (MIT–WPI)

The Brain Bowl is the name given to the MIT–WPI football rivalry. It is an American college football rivalry game played annually between the MIT Engineers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the WPI Engineers of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The two schools have been rivals in the academic and in the sports arena, but the rivalry was expanded to the sport of football when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) began sponsoring the sport in 2017.[1] Despite the two teams first meeting being in 1888, the programs have only faced each other sixteen times with an 89-year hiatus. With the two programs now competing in the same conference, they will now face each other regularly each year.[2]

Brain Bowl
MIT Engineers
WPI Engineers
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 18, 1888
MIT 24, WPI 0
Latest meetingNovember 2, 2019
MIT 28, WPI 22
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total16
All-time seriesWPI leads, 9–8–1 (.528)
Largest victoryMIT, 40–0 (1893)
Longest win streakWPI, 9 (1989–2019)
Longest unbeaten streakWPI, 9 (1989–2019
Current win streakMIT, 1 (2019–present)
Current unbeaten streakMIT, 1 (2019–present)
Brain Bowl (MIT–WPI) is located in Massachusetts
MIT
MIT
WPI
WPI
Locations in Massachusetts

MIT beat WPI in double overtime in 2019.[3]

Game results
MIT victoriesWPI victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 November 18, 1888 Cambridge MIT 24–0
2 October 21, 1893 Worcester MIT 40–0
3 October 6, 1894 Worcester MIT 6–0
4 November 6, 1897 Worcester MIT 16–4
5 October 22, 1898 Cambridge MIT 22–0
6 October 22, 1898 Cambridge MIT 22–0
7 October 28, 1899 Boston Tie6–6
8 October 30, 1900 Cambridge MIT 17–2
9 November 11, 1989 Worcester WPI 35–10
10 November 10, 1990 Cambridge WPI 28–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
11 September 27, 1997 Cambridge WPI 24–23
12 September 1, 2001 Cambridge WPI 33–7
13 September 7, 2002 Worcester WPI 25–7
14 September 4, 2015 Worcester WPI 31–28
15 September 2, 2016 Cambridge WPI 37–34
16 October 28, 2017 Cambridge WPI 24–21
17 October 27, 2018 Worcester WPI 13–6
18 November 2, 2019 Cambridge MIT 28–22
Series: WPI leads 9–8–1

See also

References
  1. "NEWMAC to Sponsor Football Beginning in 2017". NEWMAC. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. "Noontime's Top 10 New England College Football Rivalries". 15 May 2020.
  3. "Football Dealt First Loss of 2019 in Double Overtime Thriller at MIT - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics".


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