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{{Short description|Informal association of college athletic programs}}
[[File:city6.jpg|right|200px|City 6 Logo]]
The '''City 6''' is an informal association of college athletic programs in the [[Philadelphia]] area. It is an intra-city intramural competition, but it is also used as a colloquial term to describe all the [[NCAA Division I]] schools in the Philadelphia area.

The colleges in the City 6 are all of the traditional [[Philadelphia Big 5]] schools—[[La Salle Explorers|La Salle University]], [[Saint Joseph's Hawks|Saint Joseph's University]] (SJU), [[Temple Owls|Temple University]], the [[Penn Quakers|University of Pennsylvania]], and [[Villanova Wildcats|Villanova University]]—along with [[Drexel Dragons|Drexel University]], which was formally added to the Big 5 rivalry after the 2022–23 basketball season.

The City 6 Extramural Classic features the best [[Intramural sports|intramural]] teams from each school competing against one another. The classic was founded in 1986 by representatives from Saint Joseph's and Temple. Games between the intramural programs are held at such locations as SJU's [[Hagan Arena]], Penn's [[Franklin Field]], and [[Villanova Stadium]].<ref>[http://www.phillycity6.com/history.htm City 6 History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513202449/http://www.phillycity6.com/history.htm |date=2008-05-13 }}</ref>

The sports are [[flag football]], [[volleyball]], [[basketball]], and [[softball]]. Each sport includes competition for men, women, and co-ed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070805133107/http://www.phillycity6.com/champions.htm City 6 Champions]</ref>

Over 13,000 intramural participants have competed in City 6 events over the last twenty years.{{timeframe|date=August 2024}}<ref>[http://www.phillycity6.com/20.html City 6 20th Anniversary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513202518/http://www.phillycity6.com/20.html |date=2008-05-13 }}</ref>

==Varsity basketball==
Each spring, the basketball coaches of the six schools sit together and are speakers at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tourney Tip-Off Breakfast, to raise money for the [[American Cancer Society]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Ray|last=Parrillo|title=Philly coaches go out on the line in NCAA picks|date=March 15, 2011|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|via=philly.com|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/homepage/117988549.html|access-date=2011-03-19|quote=According to the American Cancer Society, the Philadelphia chapter of the Coaches vs. Cancer movement has raised about $6.5 million since 1996, more than any other chapter of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.}}</ref>

==Institutions==

{| class=" sortable wikitable"
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Affiliation
!Enrollment
!Year Joined
!Nickname
!Conference
|- align="center"
|[[Drexel University]]
|[[West Philadelphia]]
|1891
|Private
|25,500
|1986
|[[Drexel Dragons|Dragons]]
|[[Colonial Athletic Association|Coastal Athletic Association]]
|- align="center"
|[[La Salle University]]
|Upper [[North Philadelphia]] extending into [[Northwest Philadelphia]]
|1863
|Private/Catholic
|7,554
|1995
|[[La Salle Explorers|Explorers]]
|[[Atlantic 10]]
|- align="center"
|[[Saint Joseph's University]]
|West Philadelphia/[[Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Lower Merion Township]]
|1851
|Private/Catholic
|8,800
|1986
|[[Saint Joseph's Hawks|Hawks]]
|[[Atlantic 10]]
|- align="center"
|[[Temple University]]
|North Philadelphia
|1884
|Public
|38,648
|1986
|[[Temple Owls|Owls]]
|[[American Athletic Conference]]
|- align="center"
|{{sort|Pennsylvania|[[University of Pennsylvania]]}}
|West Philadelphia
|1740
|Private
|21,329
|1986
|[[Pennsylvania Quakers|Quakers]]
|[[Ivy League]]
|- align="center"
|[[Villanova University]]
|[[Villanova, Pennsylvania|Villanova, PA]]
|1842
|Private/Catholic
|10,482
|1986
|[[Villanova Wildcats|Wildcats]]
|[[Big East Conference|Big East]]
|}


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