Brain Bowl (MIT–WPI)

Brain Bowl
Statistics
MIT Engineers WPI Engineers
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 18, 1888 MIT 24, WPI 0
Latest meeting	November 2, 2019 MIT 28, WPI 22
Next meeting	TBD
Meetings total	16
All-time series	WPI leads, 9–8–1 (.528)
Largest victory	MIT, 40–0 (1893)
Longest win streak	WPI, 9 (1989–2019)
Longest unbeaten streak	WPI, 9 (1989–2019
Current win streak	MIT, 1 (2019–present)
Current unbeaten streak	MIT, 1 (2019–present)

MIT

WPI

Locations in Massachusetts

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.^{[citation needed]} 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]

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

Game results

MIT victories	WPI victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
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	Tie	6–6
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.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
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

References

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

v t e MIT Engineers football
Venues	Steinbrenner Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	WPI: (Brain Bowl)
People	Head coaches
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901–1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e WPI Engineers football
Venues	Bliss Field (1887–1913) Alumni Stadium (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games MIT: Brain Bowl RPI
People	Head coaches
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1887 1888 1889–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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