RPI–WPI football rivalry

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 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]

RPI–WPI football rivalry

RPI Engineers WPI Engineers
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 3, 1894 WPI 4, RPI 0
Latest meeting	September 14, 2019 WPI 6, RPI 3
Next meeting	TBD
Trophy	Transit Trophy (since 1980)
Statistics
Meetings total	113
All-time series	RPI leads, 60–48–5 (.553)
Largest victory	RPI, 59–0 (1922)
Longest win streak	WPI, 15 (1951–1966)
Current win streak	WPI, 1 (2019–present)

Game results

RPI victories

WPI victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 3, 1894 West Troy WPI 4–0 2 October 5, 1895 West Troy Tie 6–6 3 October 16, 1897 Worcester WPI 6–0 4 November 13, 1897 Troy WPI 6–0 5 October 12, 1907 Troy RPI 16–0 6 October 31, 1908 Worcester RPI 5–0 7 November 6, 1909 Troy RPI 3–0 8 October 22, 1910 Worcester WPI 8–0 9 October 28, 1911 Troy RPI 6–0 10 November 2, 1912 Worcester RPI 9–0 11 November 15, 1913 Troy RPI 6–0 12 November 14, 1914 Worcester WPI 14–0 13 November 20, 1915 Troy RPI 9–0 14 November 11, 1916 Worcester RPI 7–6 15 October 20, 1917 Worcester WPI 6–0 16 October 11, 1919 Worcester RPI 13–0 17 October 23, 1920 Troy RPI 7–6 18 November 12, 1921 Worcester RPI 7–6 19 November 11, 1922 Troy RPI 59–0 20 November 10, 1923 Worcester RPI 27–0 21 November 8, 1924 Troy RPI 33–6 22 October 16, 1926 Troy RPI 15–0 23 November 5, 1927 Worcester WPI 13–6 24 November 16, 1929 Troy RPI 7–6 25 November 15, 1930 Worcester Tie 0–0 26 November 14, 1931 Troy WPI 7–0 27 November 12, 1932 Worcester WPI 13–12 28 November 11, 1933 Troy RPI 6–0 29 November 10, 1934 Worcester WPI 32–6 30 November 9, 1935 Troy WPI 7–0 31 November 7, 1936 Worcester WPI 25–0 32 November 6, 1937 Troy WPI 14–0 33 November 5, 1938 Worcester WPI 14–7 34 November 11, 1939 Troy Tie 7–7 35 November 9, 1940 Worcester WPI 14–13 36 November 8, 1941 Troy RPI 47–0 37 November 7, 1942 Worcester RPI 19–15 38 October 2, 1943 Troy RPI 7–6 39 September 23, 1944 Worcester WPI 12–0 40 September 22, 1945 Troy RPI 39–0 41 October 25, 1947 Worcester RPI 12–0 42 October 23, 1948 Troy RPI 28–6 43 October 22, 1949 Worcester RPI 41–26 44 October 25, 1950 Troy RPI 13–0 45 October 20, 1951 Worcester WPI 12–7 46 November 1, 1952 Troy WPI 26–6 47 October 31, 1953 Worcester Tie 12–12 48 October 30, 1954 Troy WPI 26–6 49 October 29, 1955 Worcester WPI 45–0 50 November 3, 1956 Troy WPI 21–0 51 November 2, 1957 Worcester WPI 7–6 52 November 1, 1958 Troy WPI 26–6 53 October 31, 1959 Worcester WPI 20–0 54 October 29, 1960 Troy WPI 27–7 55 November 4, 1961 Worcester WPI 40–0 56 November 3, 1962 Troy WPI 40–0 57 November 2, 1963 Worcester WPI 31–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 58 October 31, 1964 Troy WPI 34–8 59 October 30, 1965 Worcester WPI 13–0 60 October 29, 1966 Troy RPI 13–0 61 November 4, 1967 Worcester RPI 21–0 62 November 2, 1968 Troy WPI 23–21 63 November 1, 1969 Worcester WPI 41–26 64 October 31, 1970 Troy RPI 15–14 65 October 30, 1971 Worcester RPI 28–21 66 November 4, 1972 Troy WPI 35–7 67 November 3, 1973 Worcester RPI 7–6 68 November 2, 1974 Troy RPI 28–14 69 November 1, 1975 Worcester RPI 26–25 70 October 30, 1976 Troy RPI 31–6 71 October 29, 1977 Worcester RPI 10–6 72 October 28, 1978 Troy WPI 28–15 73 October 27, 1979 Worcester WPI 21–14 74 October 26, 1980 Troy RPI 30–13 75 October 31, 1981 Worcester WPI 27–14 76 October 30, 1982 Troy RPI 7–3 77 October 29, 1983 Worcester WPI 28–8 78 October 27, 1984 Troy RPI 10–7 79 October 26, 1985 Worcester WPI 28–21 80 October 25, 1986 Troy RPI 28–24 81 October 31, 1987 Worcester RPI 23–21 82 October 1, 1988 Troy RPI 26–7 83 September 30, 1989 Worcester WPI 31–24 84 September 29, 1990 Troy Tie 17–17 85 September 28, 1991 Worcester WPI 26–14 86 October 3, 1992 Troy WPI 28–14 87 October 2, 1993 Worcester RPI 31–14 88 October 1, 1994 Troy RPI 21–14 89 September 30, 1995 Worcester WPI 21–20 90 October 5, 1996 Troy WPI 13–10 91 October 4, 1997 Worcester RPI 37–16 92 September 26, 1998 Troy RPI 42–19 93 September 25, 1999 Worcester RPI 42–27 94 September 23, 2000 Troy RPI 45–0 95 September 22, 2001 Worcester RPI 31–14 96 September 28, 2002 Troy RPI 33–13 97 September 27, 2003 Worcester RPI 34–26 98 October 30, 2004 Troy RPI 35–33 99 October 29, 2005 Worcester RPI 31–15 100 October 28, 2006 Troy RPI 26–0 101 October 27, 2007 Worcester RPI 21–14^OT 102 September 27, 2008 Troy RPI 35–21 103 September 26, 2009 Worcester RPI 42–33 104 September 25, 2010 Troy WPI 24–10 105 September 24, 2011 Worcester WPI 34–31 106 September 22, 2012 Troy RPI 39–17 107 September 28, 2013 Worcester WPI 27–14 108 September 27, 2014 Troy RPI 27–6 109 September 26, 2015 Worcester RPI 28–21 110 October 22, 2016 Troy WPI 19–7 111 September 9, 2017 Worcester RPI 36–14 112 September 8, 2018 Troy RPI 25–14 113 September 14, 2019 Worcester WPI 6–3 Series: RPI leads 60–48–5

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

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.