WPI Engineers football

WPI Engineers football
2015 WPI Engineers football team
First season 1887
Head coach Chris Robertson
6th year, 1435 (.286)
Stadium Alumni Field
Seating capacity 2,000
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Worcester, Massachusetts
Conference Liberty League
All-time record 33352729 (.391)
Colors Crimson and Gray
         
Fight song "E to the X"
Mascot Gompei the Goat
Rivals RPI Engineers
MIT Engineers
Website Athletics.WPI.edu

The WPI Engineers football team represents Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the sport of American football. The Engineers compete in the Division III (DIII) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Liberty League.[1] WPI's football program is one of the oldest in the world (i.e. North America), having begun competing in the sport in 1887. The team is currently coached by Chris Robertson.

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

References

  1. "NCAA Members By Division". NCAA. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  2. "Alumni Stadium". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

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