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WPI Engineers football
WPI Engineers football
First season	1887
Head coach	Chris Robertson ; 14th season, 66–71 (.482)
Stadium	Alumni Stadium; (capacity: 2,000)
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Worcester, Massachusetts
NCAA division	Division III
Conference	NEWMAC
Past conferences	Independent (1887–1972); DIII independent (1973–1991); Freedom Football Conference (1992–2003); Liberty League (2004–2016)
All-time record	371–542–29 (.409)
Bowl record	2–2 (.500)
Playoff appearances	1992
Playoff record	0–1
Conference titles	1992, 1993, 2019
Rivalries	RPI Engineers; MIT Engineers
Colors	Crimson and gray;
Fight song	"E to the X"
Mascot	Gompei the Goat
Marching band	WPI Pep Band
Website	Athletics.WPI.edu

The WPI Engineers football team represents Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the sport of American football. The Engineers compete in Division III (DIII) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the NEWMAC.^[2] WPI's football program is one of the oldest in the country. The team has been coached by Chris Robertson since the 2010 season.

WPI plays its home games at Alumni Stadium, located on the campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a capacity of 2,000.^[3]

History

Prior to competing in collegiate football, WPI played association football (now known as the sport of soccer) from 1874 to 1876 and American rugby from 1877 to 1881. Starting in 1882, WPI attempted to play football as a sport.^[4] It was not until 1885 that the football team was taken seriously.^[5] The 1887 season was the first in which the team competed as a varsity sport.^[6] Following their outstanding performance in the 1888 season, the Engineers were invited to join a football league of small New England colleges, but the faculty refused the idea and barred the team from playing any away games.^[7] The Institute's opinion of football would improve by the turn of the century and give more support to the team.

Bowl games

WPI has appeared in four bowl games and has a 2–2 record.

Year	Bowl	Coach	Opponent	Result
1991	ECAC Northeast Bowl	Jack Siedlecki	Buffalo State	L 17–23
2015	ECAC Presidents Bowl	Chris Robertson	Kean	L 6–24
2017	New England Bowl Series Game	Chris Robertson	SUNY Maritime	W 17–3
2019	New England Bowl Series Game	Chris Robertson	Western Connecticut State	W 35–6

References

^ WPI Logo Usage: Quick Reference Guide (PDF). Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^ "NCAA Members By Division". NCAA. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
^ "Alumni Stadium". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
^ Smith, Melvin I. (2008). Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season. AuthorHouse. p. 586. ISBN 978-1-43436-248-3.
^ Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 153. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "2016 Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). WPI Athletics. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 154. Retrieved 21 September 2016.