▁W PI ▁Engine ers ▁football ▁team ▁represents ▁Wor c ester ▁Poly techn ic ▁Institute ▁( W PI ) ▁in ▁the ▁sport ▁of ▁American ▁football . ▁The ▁Engine ers ▁comp ete ▁in ▁Division ▁III ▁( D III ) ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Colleg iate ▁Athletics ▁Association ▁( N CAA ) ▁and ▁the ▁NEW MA C . ▁W PI ' s ▁football ▁program ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁team ▁has ▁been ▁co ached ▁by ▁Chris ▁Robert son ▁since ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁season . ▁ ▁W PI ▁plays ▁its ▁home ▁games ▁at ▁Al umn i ▁Stadium , ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁campus ▁in ▁Wor c ester , ▁Massachusetts , ▁with ▁a ▁capacity ▁of ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁History ▁Prior ▁to ▁compet ing ▁in ▁colleg iate ▁football , ▁W PI ▁played ▁association ▁football ▁( now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁sport ▁of ▁s occer ) ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 4 – 1 8 7 6 ▁and ▁American ▁rugby ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 7 – 1 8 8 1 . ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁W PI ▁would ▁attempt ▁to ▁play ▁football ▁as ▁a ▁sport . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁that ▁the ▁football ▁team ▁was ▁taken ▁seriously . ▁The ▁ 1 8 8 7 ▁season ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁team ▁competed ▁as ▁a ▁vars ity ▁sport . ▁Following ▁their ▁out standing ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁season , ▁the ▁Engine ers ▁were ▁invited ▁to ▁join