U.S. Collegiate Crew Trophies
compiled by Thomas E. Weil
IRA Varsity Challenge Cup
(retired)
V – varsity; JV – second varsity; F – freshman/novice; T – team; C – combination
and following number represents the number of sweep oars in the boat.
(Suggested modifications may be sent to teweil@mac.com)
Heavyweight Men
| Trophy | For | Given | Trophy Competitors |
| Adams Cup | V8 | Harvard, Navy, Pennsylvania | |
| Alumni Cup | V8 | Columbia, MIT | |
| Arlett Cup | V8 | 1978? | Boston U, Northeastern |
| Atalanta Cup | V8 | Brown, Dartmouth | |
| Ernie Bayer Trophy | JV8 | All Dad Vail entries | |
| Bill Cup | V8 | Boston U, Dartmouth, Rutgers | |
| Blackwell Cup | V8 | Columbia, Pennsylvania, Yale | |
| Burk Cup | V8 | 1970? | Northeastern, Pennsylvania |
| Kenneth F. Burns Trophy | F8 | 1983 | All EARC Sprints entries |
| Lev Brett Bowl | F8 | All Dad Vail entries | |
| Sharp Cabrillo Cup | JV8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | |
| Carnegie Cup | V8 | 1908[1] | Cornell, Princeton, Yale |
| F. Valentine Chappell Trophy | JV8 | Harvard, Yale | |
| Childs Cup | V8 | 1879 | Columbia, Pennsylvania, Princeton |
| Cochrane Cup | V8 | Dartmouth, MIT, Wisconsin | |
| Collins Cup | V8 | Columbia, Rutgers | |
| Compton Cup | V8 | Harvard, MIT, Princeton | |
| Content Cup | V8 | Brown, Princeton | |
| Copley Cup | V8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | |
| Thomas A. Curran Trophy | V4 | All Dad Vail entries | |
| Dreissigacker Cup | V8 | Brown, Northeastern | |
| Richard A. Glendon Trophy | JV8 | 1946 | All EARC Sprints entries |
| Goes Trophy | V8 | Cornell, Navy, Syracuse | |
| Derek Guelker Memorial Cup | F8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | |
| Harvard-Yale Varsity Race (see Sexton Cup) | V8 | 1982? | Harvard, Yale |
| Gordon Hoople Trophy | V4- | 1974 | All IRA entries |
| Jablonic Cup | V8 | Boston U, Wisconsin | |
| Tony Johnson Cup | V8 | Georgetown, Yale | |
| Davidson Kennedy Challenge Cup | JV8 | 1898 | All IRA entries |
| Lindy Cup | F4 | All Dad Vail entries | |
| Logg Cup | V8 | Princeton, Rutgers | |
| Doc Lusins Cup / Trophy | V8 | Boston U, Columbia, Syracuse | |
| Madeira Bowl / Cup | V8 | Cornell, Pennsylvania | |
| McCausland Cup | V8 | GW, Pennsylvania | |
| Crandell Melvin Trophy | V2 | 1974 | All IRA entries |
| Michalson Cup | V8 | Boston U, Brown | |
| Robert E. Mulcahy III Trophy | T | 1998 | All IRA entries (with Ten Eyck) |
| Bob Negaard Cup | V2 | All Dad Vail entries | |
| New London Cup | F8 | Harvard, Yale | |
| Richard O’Brien Trophy | V8 | All Dad Vail entries | |
| Olympic Axe | V8 | Dartmouth, Yale | |
| Packard Cup | V8 | Dartmouth, Syracuse | |
| Patriot Challenge | V8 | Columbia, Dartmouth, Holy Cross | |
| Hoyt C Pease and Robert Chappell Jr Trophy | T | 1982? | Harvard, Yale |
| Dr. Allen Winter Rowe Cup | T | 1946 | All EARC Sprints entries |
| Stork Sanford Trophy | F4 | 1970 | All IRA entries |
| Schoch Cup | V8 | Cal-Berkeley, Washington | |
| Lawrence E Sexton Cup[2] | V8 | Harvard, Yale | |
| Charlie Smith Cup | V8 | Harvard, Northeastern | |
| Smith Cup | V8 | Cornell, Rutgers | |
| James P. Snider Cup | C8 | 2005 | Harvard, Yale |
| Stagg Trophy | T | Cornell, Navy, Syracuse | |
| Stein Cup | V8 | Brown, Harvard | |
| Maxwell Stevenson Cup | V8 | Columbia, Navy | |
| Stewards Cup | F8 | 1900 | All IRA entries |
| Jim Ten Eyck Memorial Trophy | T | 1952 | All IRA entries |
| Varsity Challenge Cup | V8 | 1898 | All IRA entries |
| Walsh Cup | V8 | Navy, Wisconsin | |
| Eric W. Will Trophy | V4+ | 1968 | All IRA entries |
| Worcester Bowl | V8 | 1961 | All EARC Sprints entries |
Open Women
| Trophy | For | Given | Trophy Competitors | Others |
| Allen-DeWolfe Trophy | V8 | Boston U, Radcliffe | MIT | |
| Award Plaque | Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton | |||
| Beanpot | V8 | 2007 | BC, BU, Northeastern, Radcliffe | MIT |
| Evelyn Bergman Trophy | V8 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| Coleman D. Boylan Trophy | JV8 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| Nathaniel and Anne Case Cup | V8 | Radcliffe, Yale | ||
| Nathaniel Case Trophy | V8 | All EAWRC Sprints entries | ||
| Cayuga Cup | V8 | Cornell, Syracuse, Yale | ||
| Class of ’75 Cup | V8 | Cornell, Princeton, Radcliffe | Bucknell | |
| Class of ’84 Trophy | V8 | Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton | ||
| Class of ’89 Plate | V8 | Cornell, Pennsylvania, Rutgers | ||
| Class of 2004 Cup | V8 | Georgetown, Radcliffe | ||
| Connell Cup | V8 | Columbia, Pennsylvania, Yale | ||
| Dunn Bowl | V8 | Brown, Columbia, Cornell | ||
| Carola B. Eisenburg Cup | V8 | Princeton, Yale | ||
| Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy | JV8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | ||
| Jessop-Whittier Cup | V8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | ||
| Kittell Cup | V8 | Boston U, Syracuse | ||
| Laurel V Korholz Perpetual Trophy | N8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | ||
| Margaret McNiff Trophy | V4 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| O’Leary Cup | V8 | Dartmouth, Radcliffe, Syracuse | ||
| Orange Challenge Cup | V8 | Northeastern, Penn, Syracuse | ||
| Parents’ Cup | V8 | Cornell, Dartmouth | ||
| Virginia Playfair Trophy | V8 | Boston U, GW, Navy | ||
| Raritan Cup | V8 | Cornell, Pennsylvania, Rutgers | ||
| Jeanne Rowlands Cup | V8 | Northeastern, Radcliffe | BU | |
| Sea World San Diego Trophy | N8 | All San Diego Crew Classic entries | ||
| Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy | V8 | Best Ivy finish in EAWRC Sprints | ||
| Simpson Cup[3] | V8 | 2003 | Cal-Berkeley, Washington | |
| Charles (Chick) Willing Cup | T | All EAWRC Sprints entries | ||
| Women’s Windermere Cup | V8 | 1987 | All Windermere entries | |
| Women’s Council Cup | V8 | Boston U, Northeastern | Texas | |
| Women’s Erickson Cup | JV8 | All Windermere entries | ||
| Woodbury Cup | V8 | 2005 | Columbia, Northeastern | MIT |
| Yale Class of 1985 Cup | V8 | Dartmouth, Yale | BU |
Lightweight Men
| Trophy | For | Established | Trophy Competitors | Others |
| 1922 Trophy | V8 | 1990 | All IRA entries | |
| Baggaley Bowl | V8 | Cornell, Dartmouth | ||
| Biglin Cup | V8 | Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT | ||
| Lev Brett Cup | V8 | Pennsylvania, Rutgers | ||
| Rusty Callow Cup | V8 | Navy, Pennsylvania | ||
| Michael W. Christian ’60 Trophy | V8 | 2007 | Best Ivy finish in EARC Sprints | |
| Cornell Trophy | JV | 1959 | All EARC Sprints entries | |
| Marcellus Hartley Dodge Cup | V8 | 1955 | Columbia, Pennsylvania, Yale | |
| Loyal Durand Cup | V8 | 1958 | Dartmouth, Yale | Rutgers |
| Fosburgh Cup | V8 | Georgetown, Princeton | ||
| Geiger Cup | V8 | Columbia, Cornell, MIT | ||
| Goldthwait Cup | V8 | 1926 | Harvard, Princeton, Yale | |
| Haines Cup / Trophy | V8 | 1958 | Harvard, Navy | |
| Gordon Hoople Trophy | V4 | 1974 | All IRA entries | |
| Eads Johnson Jr Cup | V8 | Navy, Yale | ||
| Ralph T. Jope Cup | T | 1963 | All EARC Sprints entries | |
| James C. Joy Cup | V8 | MIT, Yale | BC | |
| Gary W. Kilpatrick Cup | F8 | 2007 | All EARC Sprints entries | |
| Mathews-Leonard Cup | V8 | Cornell, Harvard, Pennsylvania | ||
| Thomas W. Loschiavo Trophy | V8 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| Brendan Lynch Cup | F8 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| James J. Lynch Trophy | V4 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| Joseph Murtaugh Cup | V8 | Columbia, Princeton, Navy | ||
| Platt Cup | V8 | Cornell, Princeton | Rutgers | |
| Subin Bowl / Cup | V8 | Columbia, Dartmouth | ||
| David H. Vogel Cup | T | 2003 | Harvard, Princeton, Yale | |
| Wit Cup | V8 | Columbia, Navy, Rutgers | ||
| Wood-Hammond Trophy | V8 | Georgetown, Penn, Princeton | ||
| Joseph Wright Trophy | V8 | 1938/1966 | All EARC Sprints entries |
Lightweight Women
| Trophy | For | Established | Trophy Competitors | Others |
| Class of 1999 Cup | V8 | Princeton, Radcliffe | ||
| Robert Espeseth Trophy | V4 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| Dennis Kamrad Trophy | V8 | All Dad Vail entries | ||
| Konrad Ulbrich Trophy | T | 2007 | All EAWRC Sprints entries |
[1] Originally presented by Andrew Carnegie, following the construction of Lake Carnegie for the Princeton crew, to
[2] Established for H-Y graduates race; now incorporated into Harvard-Yale Varsity Trophy.
[3] Replaced the Big Oar Trophy, awarded from 1981 through 2002.