RPIβWPI football rivalry
The RPIβWPI 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]
Sport | Football |
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First meeting | November 3, 1894 WPI 4, RPI 0 |
Latest meeting | September 17, 2022 RP1 37, WPI 0 |
Next meeting | 2023 |
Trophy | Transit Trophy (since 1980) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 115 |
All-time series | RPI leads, 62β48β5 (.561) |
Largest victory | RPI, 59β0 (1922) |
Longest win streak | WPI, 15 (1951β1966) |
Current win streak | RPI, 2 (2021βpresent) |
Game results
RPI victories | WPI victories | Tie games |
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References
- "History lesson: Engineering rivalries". D3football. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Highly Coveted Transit Trophy Returns to WPI". WPI. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "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.
- "Transit Trophy". www.augenblick.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
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