Navy lightweight rowing began in 1954 with the seating of a varsity eight that rowed in the 1954 EARC Sprints Championship.
Nineteen fifty-five was Navy’s first season of lightweight rowing, and they met MIT that year in the first Navy – MIT match race, which was won by Navy.
From 1958 – 1978 Navy and MIT met annually; however, after 1978 their match races have been sporadic.
Navy leads the series 16 – 11.
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The Navy – MIT Series Record
| Year | Winner | Series N – M |
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| 1955 | Navy | 1 – 0 | |
| 1958 | Navy | 2 – 0 | |
| 1959 | Navy | 3 – 0 | |
| 1960 | Navy | 4 – 0 | |
| 1961 | Navy | 5 – 0 | |
| 1962 | Navy | 6 – 0 | |
| 1963 | MIT | 6 – 1 | |
| 1964 | MIT | 6 – 2 | |
| 1965 | MIT | 6 – 3 | |
| 1966 | MIT | 6 – 4 | |
| 1967 | MIT | 6 – 5 | |
| 1968 | MIT | 6 – 6 | |
| 1969 | MIT | 6 – 7 | |
| 1970 | MIT | 6 – 8 | |
| 1971 | Navy | 7 – 8 | |
| 1972 | Navy | 8 – 8 | |
| 1973 | Navy | 9 – 8 | |
| 1974 | MIT | 9 – 9 | |
| 1975 | Navy | 10 – 9 | |
| 1976 | Navy | 11 – 9 | |
| 1977 | Navy | 12 – 9 | |
| 1978 | MIT | 12 – 10 | |
| 1984 | Navy | 13 – 10 | |
| 2001 | Navy | 14 – 10 | |
| 2011 | Navy | 15 – 10 | |
| 2023 | Navy | 16 – 10 | |
| 2025 | MIT | 16 – 11 | |
| 2026 |