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Cover of a 1925 game program from a matchup between Baltimore City College and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. During the 1910s, Polytechnic improved its football program significantly and was the dominant team in the series. Between 1910 and 1919, Poly won every game in the series, except the 1912 game when they were bested by City. [11]
The City–Poly football rivalry, also referred to as the "City-Poly game" is an American football rivalry between the Baltimore City College Black Knights (City) and the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers (Poly). This matchup is the oldest football rivalry in Maryland. [29]
The City College and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute football teams have been disqualified from state playoffs after a big fight broke out on the field.
Baltimore City College Baltimore Polytechnic Institute 67–62–6 1889; 135 years ago () The annual Poly–City Game is played at Morgan State University, first Saturday in November after more than 75 years on Thanksgiving Day.
The rivalry began in 1889, when the City College met the old Baltimore Manual Training School (later renamed the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute - "Poly" after 1893) at the old Johns Hopkins country estate for a football scrimmage in which City's freshman team beat the new B.M.T.S. team. [72] [73] City remained undefeated in the growing series ...
The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, colloquially referred to as BPI, Poly, and The Institute, is a US public high school founded in 1883. Established as an all-male manual trade / vocational high school by the Baltimore City Council and the Baltimore City Public Schools, it is now a coeducational academic institution since 1974, that emphasizes sciences, technology, engineering, and ...
Baltimore City College used to play Baltimore Polytechnic Institute every November, in one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States. Every Thanksgiving, Loyola Blakefield and Calvert Hall College also square off in what has now been called for many years as the Turkey Bowl, usually reaching up to 13,000 people in the ...
In 1908, City College met rival Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in the first of a series of annual debates. The debate against Poly was considered by members to be the highlight of the year. [ 7 ] The members of the literary societies continued seeking opponents at other secondary schools and also debated against several college teams.