Presented to the IRA by Dr. Louis L. Seaman of Cornell University in 1898, the silver cup is awarded annually to the Varsity Heavyweight Eight Champions.

1898 Pennsylvania	1938 Navy	1978 Syracuse
1899 Pennsylvania	1939 California	1979 Brown
1900 Pennsylvania	1940 Washington	1980 Navy
1901 Cornell	1941 Washington	1981 Cornell
1902 Cornell	1942 -	1982 Cornell
1903 Cornell	1943 -	1983 Brown
1904 Syracuse	1944 -	1984 Navy
1905 Cornell	1945 -	1985 Princeton
1906 Cornell	1946 -	1986 Brown
1907 Cornell	1947 Navy	1987 Brown
1908 Syracuse	1948 Washington	1988 Northeastern
1909 Cornell	1949 California	1989 Pennsylvania
1910 Cornell	1950 Washington	1990 Wisconsin
1911 Cornell	1951 Wisconsin	1991 Northeastern
1912 Cornell	1952 Navy	1992 Dartmouth          Navy and          Pennsylvania
1913 Syracuse	1953 Navy	1993 Brown
1914 Columbia	1954 Winner DQ'd	1994 Brown
1915 Cornell	1955 Cornell	1995 Brown
1916 Syracuse	1956 Cornell	1996 Princeton
1917 -	1957 Cornell	1997 Washington
1918 -	1958 Cornell	1998 Princeton
1919 -	1959 Wisconsin	1999 California
1920 Syracuse	1960 California	2000 California
1921 Navy	1961 California	2001 California
1922 Navy	1962 Cornell	2002 California
1923 Washington	1963 Cornell	2003 Harvard
1924 Washington	1964 California	2004 Harvard
1925 Navy	1965 Navy	2005 Harvard
1926 Washington	1966 Wisconsin	2006 California
1927 Columbia	1967 Pennsylvania
1928 California	1968 Pennsylvania
1929 Columbia	1969 Pennsylvania
1930 Cornell	1970 Washington
1931 Navy	1971 Cornell
1932 California	1972 Pennsylvania
1933 -	1973 Wisconsin
1934 California	1974 Wisconsin
1935 California	1975 Wisconsin
1936 Washington	1976 California
1937 Washington	1977 Cornell