TROY, N.Y. - Senior Dylan Burnett rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown, and he caught three passes for 54 yards and a score to lead RPI to a 23-13 victory over Union in the oldest college football rivalry in New York State.
TROY, N.Y. – RPI's offense scored 10 points in the third quarter while the defense held St. Lawrence to only 153 yards of total offense, including just 35 rushing, and the Engineers defeated the Saints 10-6 at the East Campus Stadium.
TROY, N.Y. - Sophomore quarterback Jake Kazanowsky led a 10-play, 70-yard drive that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass to senior D.J. Palmer with 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give RPI a 14-13 lead and Engineers defeated Hobart 16-13.
The Engineers had a full year off: no games, no practices, no organized team activities. They can't even have fans from off-campus come to their games. But they organized themselves during the downtime and now that they're up and running, they're off to a 5-0 start. Joe Sager has more.
WORCESTER, Mass. - Quarterback George Marinopolous threw three touchdown passes and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) defense allowed only 162 yards of total offense as the Engineers defeated Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) 24-10 in the Annual Transit Trophy Game. Rensselaer, which now leads the trophy series 27-13-1, moves to 3-0 on the season. WPI falls to 1-2.
When the Shoes are on the line, nothing else matters. And while multiple Division III rivalries have some form of footwear on the line, only Union and RPI play for the Dutchman Shoes. And they'll do so again this weekend. Joe Sager has more.
Central coughed up a huge lead, but got the win on a gutsy two-point call in overtime as the Dutch outlasted Wartburg in overtime, while RPI bombed Ithaca, all but eliminating Ithaca from playoff contention. That, plus all the playoff clinchers in D3football.com Top 25 action.
One of the last eight teams standing entered the postseason on a 24-point loss to its archrival. Suffice it to say that RPI has put all of that behind it with two playoff wins. Brian Lester has more in a Road to the Stagg Bowl feature.
Brockport and Frostburg State were both bounced from the 2018 Division III playoffs, while Muhlenberg shut Randolph-Macon down and Mount Union, UW-Whitewater, St. John's and UMHB rolled. More in the full second-round wrapup.
No. 5 Frostburg State scored with 2:34 left to go and got a key takeaway to finish it out, while RPI survived an Ithaca two-point conversion attempt in the closing seconds in Saturday's Top 25 action. Meanwhile, UMHB and UW-Whitewater each shut out top 10 opponents.
TROY, N.Y. - Three members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) football staff have earned new titles and responsibilities, Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy has announced. Serving in new roles on head coach Ralph Isernia's staff are Jeff Dittman, who is now the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator, Nick Marcella, the new offensive coordinator, and Keith Larson, who is now the special teams coordinator.
Former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) offensive lineman and assistant football coach Matt Patricia '96 has been named the head coach of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's (RPI) defense allowed only 245 yards of offense - just 28 rushing - and forced four turnovers as the Engineers defeated Union College, 20-14, in the Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game at Frank Bailey Field. Not only did RPI improve to 8-2 overall and retain the coveted trophy for the fifth straight season, it won a share of the Liberty League title (4-1) and secured the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs.
RPI can clinch a berth in the playoffs by beating its archrival in the Dutchman Shoes game, and Frostburg State needs a win vs. archrival Salisbury to keep its playoff hopes alive.
TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) football team scored 21 points in each of the first two quarters to build a 42-0 halftime lead and the Engineers went on to a 63-14 victory over the University of Rochester in a Liberty League contest on Senior Day at East Campus Stadium.
TROY, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) scored four touchdowns in the fourth quarter and the Engineers held Ithaca College to -3 rushing yards while intercepting four passes in a 27-14 victory over the Bombers in a Liberty League contest at East Campus Stadium. Rensselaer improves to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference, while Ithaca is now 3-3 with a 3-1 league mark.
Sometimes a team begins the year on fire. Offense, defense and special teams, all working in perfect concert to produce victories. But in this case, RPI started this season by actually eating fire.
The Empire 8 and Liberty League won't be sending their top at-large teams to the ECAC postseason bowl games, rather, they'll square off in a New York State bowl game this November.
The final touches are being put on the Liberty League's long-awaited seventh football program, nearly two years after the NEWMAC added the sport and brought two LL affiliate members home.
Members of this past year's senior class are chasing their dreams of pro football right now, and next year's senior class has players hoping to do the same. In light of that, the February edition of the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast talks with three Division III alumni who are living that dream, in various stages of their career.
Cortland beat Ithaca for the seventh consecutive season; DePauw finally got the Monon Bell back, RPI kept the shoes and more in Saturday's rivalry games.
The Bombers are changing conferences for all sports, but make no mistake -- this move is primarily about football. The Liberty League still needs to find another school or football program in order to keep its automatic bid. More on D3sports.com.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Austin Amery scored the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) football team scored 17 unanswered points in defeating Buffalo State College 20-13 in the Asa S. Bushnell Bowl Championship at Arute Field on the campus of Central Connecticut State University. RPI ends the season on a five-game winning streak, improving to 9-2 - which ranks second in school history for victories in a season, the third such time it has happened. Buffalo State falls to 7-4.
TROY, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Jeff Avery has been named the Liberty League Offensive Player of the Year, the league has announced. Avery, a quarterback who shared the honor with St. Lawrence University senior Mike Lefflbine, was one of 11 Engineers selected for year-end awards by the league's eight coaches.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) defense allowed zero second half rushing yards and only 94 yards on the ground in total in leading the Engineers to a 23-10 victory over Union College in the 65th Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game. RPI improves to 8-2 overall and 6-1 in the Liberty League, sharing the conference crown with St. Lawrence University. The Engineers, who have now won three consecutive Shoes games, remain alive for a bid in the NCAA Playoffs and will find out if they earned an at-large bid on Sunday. Union falls to 0-10 and 0-7.
TROY, N.Y. - Senior Jeff Avery connected with classmate Logan Gaddar on a 44-yard touchdown with 5:17 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) football team to a 17-14 victory over Springfield College in a Liberty League contest at East Campus Stadium. With the win, the Engineers improve to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the league, keeping RPI's hopes of a conference championship intact. The Pride fall to 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the league.
Ever since the NEWMAC dropped its offseason bombshell that it would add football in 2017, there’s been a slow-motion race in the East Region. Between the Liberty League and the Commonwealth Coast Conference, who will get to seven teams first?
RPI Receives $1 Million Gift For Football Program
April 12, 2023TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has received a generous $1 million gift to fund the football program.
