The team plays in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conferences (NEWMAC) and competes in Division III of the NCAA.
The initial MIT football team, nicknamed the Techmen, recorded its first victory by defeating Exeter College, 2–0, in 1881.
To raise funds, they refereed intramural games, sold hot dogs, painted hurdles for track meets, took grants from the school, and sneaked loans from their fraternity budgets.
For their uniforms, the team repurposed those of Rochester Institute of Technology, whose own football program had recently been cut.
[6] In 2014, the Engineers finished the regular season with a 9–0 record and won their first New England Football Conference title.