Dutchman's Shoes

Dutchman's Shoes

RPI Engineers Union Garnet Chargers
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 19, 1886 Union 4, RPI 0
Latest meeting	November 16, 2024 RPI 24, Union 7
Next meeting	2025
Trophy	Dutchman's Shoes (since 1950)
Statistics
Meetings total	121
All-time series	Union leads, 84–33–4 (.711)
Trophy series	Union leads, 51–24 (.680)
Largest victory	Union, 45–0 (1916)
Longest win streak	Union, 11 (1960–1970)
Current win streak	RPI, 1 (2024–present)

The Dutchman's Shoes is a trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers and the Union College Garnet Chargers since 1950. As of the end of 2023, these two schools have played each other 120 times, making it the oldest football rivalry in the state of New York. ^[1]

The trophy consists of a wooden base, with two clogs mounted on a small pedestal, with one painted cherry red with a white letter "R", and the other garnet with a white letter "U", for Rensselaer and Union, respectively.

RPI

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Locations in New York

13km
8.1miles

Union

RPI

   

Locations of RPI and Union

History

The rivalry began in 1886, but the trophy wasn't introduced until 1950. The Dutchman's Shoes is a nod to the heritage of both schools, with a R for the Engineers and a U for the Garnet Chargers. Prior to the introduction of the trophy, Union dominated, winning 33 of the 47 pre-trophy meetings, with most with three streaks of at least 8 consecutive wins over RPI in that timespan. In terms of the trophy series, Union leads 51–24, but since the turn of the century, RPI has won 14 out of 24 matchups since 2000, including a 5-game win streak from 2013 to 2017. Due to it often being the season finale for both schools, the Dutchman's Shoes has been a de facto championship game for the Liberty League title and the automatic berth to the Division III playoffs. This includes the 2005 game, a 49–42 victory for Union, the highest scoring game in the history of the rivalry, as well as the 2021 edition of the rivalry ending on a field goal by RPI as time expired to give them a 19–17 victory and the league title.

Game results

RPI victories

Union victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 1 November 20, 1886 Troy, NY Union 4 RPI 0 2 November 23, 1889 Schenectady, NY Union 10 RPI 0 3 October 1, 1892 Troy, NY Union 4 RPI 0 4 October 22, 1892 Schenectady, NY Union 20 RPI 4 5 October 7, 1893 Troy, NY Union 10 RPI 6 6 September 29, 1894 Troy, NY Union 37 RPI 0 7 October 26, 1895 Schenectady, NY Union 26 RPI 0 8 October 22, 1898 Schenectady, NY Union 22 RPI 0 9 September 30, 1899 Schenectady, NY RPI 6 Union 5 10 October 21, 1899 Albany, NY Union 6 RPI 0 11 October 27, 1900 Schenectady, NY Union 5 RPI 0 12 October 5, 1901 Troy, NY Union 17 RPI 0 13 October 26, 1901 Schenectady, NY Union 18 RPI 0 14 October 31, 1903 Schenectady, NY Union 12 RPI 11 15 October 22, 1904 Schenectady, NY Union 21 RPI 0 16 October 31, 1914 Troy, NY Union 24 RPI 0 17 November 6, 1915 Schenectady, NY Union 7 RPI 0 18 November 4, 1916 Troy, NY Union 45 RPI 0 19 November 10, 1917 Schenectady, NY Union 19 RPI 3 20 November 23, 1918 Troy, NY RPI 14 Union 6 21 November 22, 1919 Schenectady, NY Tie 0 Tie 0 22 October 25, 1924 Troy, NY Tie 7 Tie 7 23 October 24, 1925 Schenectady, NY Union 40 RPI 0 24 October 23, 1926 Troy, NY Union 21 RPI 6 25 October 22, 1927 Schenectady, NY Union 21 RPI 3 26 October 26, 1929 Schenectady, NY Union 7 RPI 2 27 October 27, 1929 Troy, NY RPI 14 Union 6 28 October 25, 1930 Troy, NY Tie 0 Tie 0 29 October 24, 1931 Schenectady, NY Union 21 RPI 0 30 November 21, 1931 Albany, NY Union 7 RPI 2 31 October 22, 1932 Troy, NY Union 13 RPI 0 32 October 28, 1933 Schenectady, NY RPI 16 Union 0 33 October 27, 1934 Troy, NY Union 18 RPI 6 34 October 26, 1935 Schenectady, NY Union 21 RPI 0 35 October 24, 1936 Troy, NY Union 6 RPI 0 36 October 23, 1937 Schenectady, NY Tie 6 Tie 6 37 October 22, 1938 Troy, NY Union 26 RPI 13 38 October 28, 1939 Schenectady, NY Union 26 RPI 6 39 October 26, 1940 Troy, NY RPI 12 Union 0 40 October 25, 1941 Schenectady, NY RPI 32 Union 0 41 October 24, 1942 Troy, NY Union 38 RPI 6 42 September 9, 1944 Troy, NY RPI 20 Union 6 43 October 7, 1944 Schenectady, NY RPI 27 Union 14 44 October 19, 1946 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 7 45 October 18, 1947 Troy, NY RPI 33 Union 24 46 October 16, 1948 Schenectady, NY Union 35 RPI 14 47 October 15, 1949 Troy, NY Union 14 RPI 6 48 October 7, 1950 Schenectady, NY Union 20 RPI 0 49 October 6, 1951 Troy, NY Union 21 RPI 14 50 October 18, 1952 Schenectady, NY Union 42 RPI 6 51 October 17, 1953 Troy, NY Union 32 RPI 6 52 October 16, 1954 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 6 53 October 15, 1955 Troy, NY Union 32 RPI 12 54 October 20, 1956 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 0 55 November 12, 1957 Troy, NY RPI 20 Union 19 56 October 18, 1958 Schenectady, NY RPI 21 Union 0 57 October 17, 1959 Troy, NY RPI 21 Union 0 58 October 15, 1960 Schenectady, NY Union 14 RPI 7 59 October 21, 1961 Troy, NY Union 10 RPI 8 60 October 20, 1962 Schenectady, NY Union 44 RPI 6 61 October 19, 1963 Troy, NY Union 29 RPI 6 No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 62 October 17, 1964 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 3 63 October 16, 1965 Troy, NY Union 48 RPI 14 64 October 15, 1966 Schenectady, NY Union 31 RPI 14 65 October 21, 1967 Troy, NY Union 37 RPI 35 66 October 19, 1968 Schenectady, NY Union 24 RPI 14 67 October 18, 1969 Troy, NY Union 23 RPI 16 68 October 17, 1970 Schenectady, NY Union 14 RPI 0 69 October 16, 1971 Troy, NY RPI 35 Union 18 70 October 21, 1972 Schenectady, NY Union 38 RPI 21 71 October 20, 1973 Troy, NY Union 18 RPI 14 72 October 19, 1974 Schenectady, NY RPI 17 Union 14 73 October 18, 1975 Troy, NY Union 21 RPI 0 74 October 16, 1976 Schenectady, NY Union 19 RPI 8 75 October 15, 1977 Schenectady, NY Union 22 RPI 13 76 October 14, 1978 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 0 77 October 13, 1979 Troy, NY Union 13 RPI 3 78 October 11, 1980 Schenectady, NY RPI 14 Union 13 79 October 17, 1981 Troy, NY Union 21 RPI 7 80 October 16, 1982 Schenectady, NY Union 37 RPI 7 81 October 15, 1983 Troy, NY Union 35 RPI 0 82 October 13, 1984 Schenectady, NY Union 38 RPI 0 83 October 12, 1985 Troy, NY Union 35 RPI 6 84 October 11, 1986 Schenectady, NY Union 35 RPI 14 85 October 17, 1987 Troy, NY RPI 29 Union 17 86 October 15, 1988 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 0 87 October 14, 1989 Troy, NY Union 28 RPI 3 88 October 13, 1990 Schenectady, NY Union 24 RPI 17 89 October 12, 1991 Troy, NY Union 35 RPI 10 90 October 17, 1992 Schenectady, NY RPI 23 Union 8 91 October 16, 1993 Troy, NY Union 19 RPI 16 92 October 15, 1994 Schenectady, NY Union 23 RPI 6 93 October 14, 1995 Troy, NY Union 16 RPI 13 94 October 19, 1996 Schenectady, NY Union 17 RPI 0 95 October 18, 1997 Troy, NY RPI 30 Union 7 96 October 17, 1998 Schenectady, NY Union 33 RPI 8 97 October 16, 1999 Troy, NY RPI 16 Union 7 98 October 16, 2000 Schenectady, NY Union 27 RPI 23 99 October 14, 2001 Troy, NY RPI 32 Union 29 100 October 12, 2002 Schenectady, NY Union 32 RPI 14 101 October 11, 2003 Troy, NY RPI 33 Union 7 102 November 13, 2004 Troy, NY Union 33 RPI 27 103 November 12, 2005 Schenectady, NY Union 49 RPI 42 104 November 11, 2006 Troy, NY RPI 24 Union 19 105 November 10, 2007 Schenectady, NY RPI 20 Union 14 106 November 1, 2008 Troy, NY RPI 25 Union 12 107 October 31, 2009 Schenectady, NY Union 20 RPI 15 108 October 30, 2010 Troy, NY RPI 21 Union 7 109 October 29, 2011 Schenectady, NY Union 38 RPI 28 110 November 10, 2012 Troy, NY Union 34 RPI 28OT 111 November 16, 2013 Schenectady, NY RPI 31 Union 28 112 November 15, 2014 Troy, NY RPI 31 Union 28 113 November 14, 2015 Schenectady, NY RPI 23 Union 10 114 November 12, 2016 Troy, NY RPI 21 Union 12 115 November 11, 2017 Schenectady, NY RPI 20 Union 14 116 November 10, 2018 Troy, NY Union 34 RPI 10 117 November 16, 2019 Schenectady, NY Union 33 RPI 0 118 November 13, 2021 Schenectady, NY RPI 19 Union 17 119 November 12, 2022 Troy, NY RPI 23 Union 13 120 November 11, 2023 Schenectady, NY Union 13 RPI 7 121 November 16, 2024 Troy, NY RPI 24 Union 7 Series: Union leads 84–33–4

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. Wilkin, Tim (November 16, 2019). "Union football routs RPI, keeps Dutchman Shoes". Times Union. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

External links

• Report of the 2005 game