City–Poly football rivalry

[4] [5] The game remained on Thanksgiving Day for nearly five decades years until 1992 when City College and Polytechnic withdrew from the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) to join the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association (MPSSAA.

[6] Today, the game is continues to be played at a neutral site and currently takes place at Hughes Stadium on the campus of Morgan State University.

[8] The first City-Poly game took place in 1889 when a junior varsity football team from Polytechnic met the varsity football team from City College at Clifton Park in the northeast section of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

In 1922, City College beat Polytechnic by a score of 27–0 to end a nine-game losing streak against the Engineers.

[11] In 1934, Harry Lawrence, a Polytechnic graduate and former player, was hired as head football coach at City College.

[14] Lawrence coached the City College Collegians to several dominate wins over Polytechnic Engineers through the 1930s and into the early-1940s.

From 1950 to 1959, Polytechnic, led by legendary former head football coach and athletic director Bob Lumsden, won nine out of the 10 games of the decade, including five straight wins.

In 1962, Lumsden coached Poly to an undefeated record of 9-0 and earned a trip to the unofficial high school national championship game at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida against the top-ranked Miami Senior High School.

The tide turned in the 1960s when George Young was hired as City's head football coach.

During his time at City College, Young coached the Collegians to six wins over their rival Engineers and also won six MSA championships.

[18] This change meant that the football season would end earlier forcing Poly and City to move their game from Thanksgiving Day to the first Saturday in November.

Since 2012, the City owns a 12-0 undefeated record against Poly, which is the second-longest winning streak in the series all-time.

While some households root strictly for City or Poly, many homes spilt allegiances between both schools.

Today, the game is considered each school's homecoming game and attracts thousands of students, alumni, and affiliated supporters to a week-long series of local events, culminating in CityPoly Fest, a festival which attracts sponsors and thousands of participants each year.