RPI–WPI football rivalry
{{Short description|American college football rivalry}}
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{{Infobox sports rivalry
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| name = RPI–WPI football rivalry
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| team1 = RPI Engineers
| team1logo = RPI_Engineers.svg
| team2 = WPI Engineers
| team2logo = WPI_wordmark.png
| sport = Football
| firstmeeting = November 3, 1894
WPI 4, RPI 0
| mostrecent = September 20, 2024
RP1 51, WPI 7
| nextmeeting = 2025
| total = 117
| series = RPI leads, 64–48–5 ({{winning percentage|64|48|5}})
| largestvictory = RPI, 59–0 (1922)
| longeststreak = WPI, 15 (1951–1966)
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| currentstreak = RPI, 4 (2021–present)
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| trophy = Transit Trophy (since 1980)
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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.{{Cite news |date=September 26, 2013 |title=History lesson: Engineering rivalries |url=http://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-nation/2013/history-lesson-week-3 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |work=D3football |language=en}} The two teams have played regularly since their first meeting in 1894, making it one of the oldest rivalries in college football history.{{Cite news |date=September 28, 2018 |title=Highly Coveted Transit Trophy Returns to WPI |url=https://www.wpi.edu/news/transitvictory |access-date=September 6, 2018 |work=WPI |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2017 |title=Football Set to Face RPI for the Transit Trophy – What is the Transit Trophy? – WPI Athletics – WPI Athletics |url=http://athletics.wpi.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20161020kj51s4 |access-date=November 17, 2017 |website=athletics.wpi.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Transit Trophy |url=http://www.augenblick.org/rpi/f_tran.html |access-date=November 17, 2017 |website=www.augenblick.org}}{{OSM Location map|nolabels=1|coord={{coord|42.4330381|-72.7611066}}|zoom=7|width=295|height=250|caption=Locations of RPI and WPI|mark1=Black pog.svg|label1=RPI|mark-coord1={{coord|42.7317|-73.6925}}|label-pos1=top|label-color1=black|mark2=Red pog.svg|label2=WPI|mark-coord2={{coord|42.274508|-71.808177}}|label-pos2=top|label-color2=black}}
Game results
{{Sports rivalry series table
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| team1 = RPI
| team1style = {{NCAA secondary color cell|RPI Engineers}}
| team2 = WPI
| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|WPI Engineers}}
| November 3, 1894 | West Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 4
| October 5, 1895 | West Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 6
| October 16, 1897 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 6
| November 13, 1897 | Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 6
| October 12, 1907 | Troy | RPI | 16 | WPI | 0
| October 31, 1908 | Worcester | RPI | 5 | WPI | 0
| November 6, 1909 | Troy | RPI | 3 | WPI | 0
| October 22, 1910 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 8
| October 28, 1911 | Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 0
| November 2, 1912 | Worcester | RPI | 9 | WPI | 0
| November 15, 1913 | Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 0
| November 14, 1914 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 14
| November 20, 1915 | Troy | RPI | 9 | WPI | 0
| November 11, 1916 | Worcester | RPI | 7 | WPI | 6
| October 20, 1917 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 6
| October 11, 1919 | Worcester | RPI | 13 | WPI | 0
| October 23, 1920 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 6
| November 12, 1921 | Worcester | RPI | 7 | WPI | 6
| November 11, 1922 | Troy | RPI | 59 | WPI | 0
| November 10, 1923 | Worcester | RPI | 27 | WPI | 0
| November 8, 1924 | Troy | RPI | 33 | WPI | 6
| October 16, 1926 | Troy | RPI | 15 | WPI | 0
| November 5, 1927 | Worcester | RPI | 6 | WPI | 13
| November 16, 1929 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 6
| November 15, 1930 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 0
| November 14, 1931 | Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 7
| November 12, 1932 | Worcester | RPI | 12 | WPI | 13
| November 11, 1933 | Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 0
| November 10, 1934 | Worcester | RPI | 6 | WPI | 32
| November 9, 1935 | Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 7
| November 7, 1936 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 25
| November 6, 1937 | Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 14
| November 5, 1938 | Worcester | RPI | 7 | WPI | 14
| November 11, 1939 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 7
| November 9, 1940 | Worcester | RPI | 13 | WPI | 14
| November 8, 1941 | Troy | RPI | 47 | WPI | 0
| November 7, 1942 | Worcester | RPI | 19 | WPI | 15
| October 2, 1943 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 6
| September 23, 1944 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 12
| September 22, 1945 | Troy | RPI | 39 | WPI | 0
| October 25, 1947 | Worcester | RPI | 12 | WPI | 0
| October 23, 1948 | Troy | RPI | 28 | WPI | 6
| October 22, 1949 | Worcester | RPI | 41 | WPI | 26
| October 25, 1950 | Troy | RPI | 13 | WPI | 0
| October 20, 1951 | Worcester | RPI | 7 | WPI | 12
| November 1, 1952 | Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 26
| October 31, 1953 | Worcester | RPI | 12 | WPI | 12
| October 30, 1954 | Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 26
| October 29, 1955 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 45
| November 3, 1956 | Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 21
| November 2, 1957 | Worcester | RPI | 6 | WPI | 7
| November 1, 1958 | Troy | RPI | 6 | WPI | 26
| October 31, 1959 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 20
| October 29, 1960 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 27
| November 4, 1961 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 40
| November 3, 1962 | Troy | RPI | 0 | WPI | 40
| November 2, 1963 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 31
| October 31, 1964 | Troy | RPI | 8 | WPI | 34
| October 30, 1965 | Worcester | RPI | 0 | WPI | 13
| October 29, 1966 | Troy | RPI | 13 | WPI | 0
| November 4, 1967 | Worcester | RPI | 21 | WPI | 0
| November 2, 1968 | Troy | RPI | 21 | WPI | 23
| November 1, 1969 | Worcester | RPI | 26 | WPI | 41
| October 31, 1970 | Troy | RPI | 15 | WPI | 14
| October 30, 1971 | Worcester | RPI | 28 | WPI | 21
| November 4, 1972 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 35
| November 3, 1973 | Worcester | RPI | 7 | WPI | 6
| November 2, 1974 | Troy | RPI | 28 | WPI | 14
| November 1, 1975 | Worcester | RPI | 26 | WPI | 25
| October 30, 1976 | Troy | RPI | 31 | WPI | 6
| October 29, 1977 | Worcester | RPI | 10 | WPI | 6
| October 28, 1978 | Troy | RPI | 15 | WPI | 28
| October 27, 1979 | Worcester | RPI | 14 | WPI | 21
| October 26, 1980 | Troy | RPI | 30 | WPI | 13
| October 31, 1981 | Worcester | RPI | 14 | WPI | 27
| October 30, 1982 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 3
| October 29, 1983 | Worcester | RPI | 8 | WPI | 28
| October 27, 1984 | Troy | RPI | 10 | WPI | 7
| October 26, 1985 | Worcester | RPI | 21 | WPI | 28
| October 25, 1986 | Troy | RPI | 28 | WPI | 24
| October 31, 1987 | Worcester | RPI | 23 | WPI | 21
| October 1, 1988 | Troy | RPI | 26 | WPI | 7
| September 30, 1989 | Worcester | RPI | 24 | WPI | 31
| September 29, 1990 | Troy | RPI | 17 | WPI | 17
| September 28, 1991 | Worcester | RPI | 14 | WPI | 26
| October 3, 1992 | Troy | RPI | 14 | WPI | 28
| October 2, 1993 | Worcester | RPI | 31 | WPI | 14
| October 1, 1994 | Troy | RPI | 21 | WPI | 14
| September 30, 1995 | Worcester | RPI | 20 | WPI | 21
| October 5, 1996 | Troy | RPI | 10 | WPI | 13
| October 4, 1997 | Worcester | RPI | 37 | WPI | 16
| September 26, 1998 | Troy | RPI | 42 | WPI | 19
| September 25, 1999 | Worcester | RPI | 42 | WPI | 27
| September 23, 2000 | Troy | RPI | 45 | WPI | 0
| September 22, 2001 | Worcester | RPI | 31 | WPI | 14
| September 28, 2002 | Troy | RPI | 33 | WPI | 13
| September 27, 2003 | Worcester | RPI | 34 | WPI | 26
| October 30, 2004 | Troy | RPI | 35 | WPI | 33
| October 29, 2005 | Worcester | RPI | 31 | WPI | 15
| October 28, 2006 | Troy | RPI | 26 | WPI | 0
| October 27, 2007 | Worcester | RPI | 21 | WPI | 14OT
| September 27, 2008 | Troy | RPI | 35 | WPI | 21
| September 26, 2009 | Worcester | RPI | 42 | WPI | 33
| September 25, 2010 | Troy | RPI | 10 | WPI | 24
| September 24, 2011 | Worcester | RPI | 31 | WPI | 34
| September 22, 2012 | Troy | RPI | 39 | WPI | 17
| September 28, 2013 | Worcester | RPI | 14 | WPI | 27
| September 27, 2014 | Troy | RPI | 27 | WPI | 6
| September 26, 2015 | Worcester | RPI | 28 | WPI | 21
| October 22, 2016 | Troy | RPI | 7 | WPI | 19
| September 9, 2017 | Worcester | RPI | 36 | WPI | 14
| September 8, 2018 | Troy | RPI | 25 | WPI | 14
| September 14, 2019 | Worcester | WPI | 6 | RPI | 3
| September 18, 2021 | Worcester | RPI | 24 | WPI | 10
| September 17, 2022 | Troy | RPI | 37 | WPI | 0
| September 15, 2023 | Worcester | RPI | 25 | WPI | 0
| September 20, 2024 | Troy | RPI | 51 | WPI | 7
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== See also ==
References
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Category:College football rivalries in the United States
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Category:1894 establishments in Massachusetts