Ralph T. Jope Cup

The Ralph T. Jope Cup is a rowing award presented to the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) in 1963, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is awarded annually at the Eastern Sprints to the member college whose lightweight crews score the highest total points in the varsity, junior varsity and first freshman races under a scoring formula developed by the EARC coaches. In 2015, the points from the freshman race was replaced with the third varsity race.

A graduate of MIT in the class of 1928, Ralph T. Jope served as Secretary to the Institute's Advisory Council on Athletics for many years. A long-time supporter of the sport of rowing, Mr. Jope died in 1965.

Harvard University has won the Jope Cup a record 22 times, with Princeton University having 15 wins, and Yale University having eight. The most recent winner is Columbia University.

Overall Ranking

Rank University Times Won 1. Harvard 22 2. Princeton 15 3. Yale 8 4. Cornell 6 5. Navy 2 6. Columbia 1 6. Dartmouth 1 6. Pennsylvania 1

Winners by year

Year Winner 1963 Cornell 1964 Cornell 1965 Harvard 1966 Harvard 1967 Penn 1968 Harvard 1969 Harvard 1970 Harvard 1971 Harvard 1972 Harvard 1973 Harvard 1974 Harvard 1975 Harvard 1976 Harvard 1977 Harvard 1978 Harvard 1979 Harvard 1980 Harvard 1981 Princeton 1982 Harvard 1983 Princeton 1984 Princeton 1985 Princeton 1986 Princeton 1987 Princeton 1988 Princeton 1989 Yale 1990 Princeton 1991 Harvard 1992 Cornell 1993 Dartmouth 1994 Yale 1995 Princeton 1996 Princeton 1997 Yale 1998 Princeton 1999 Princeton 2000 Princeton 2001 Yale 2002 Yale 2003 Princeton 2004 Harvard 2005 Harvard 2006 Navy 2007 Navy 2008 Cornell 2009 Harvard 2010 Princeton 2011 Harvard 2012 Yale 2013 Yale 2014 Cornell 2015 Cornell 2016 Yale 2017 Harvard 2018 Columbia