St. Francis Xavier X-Men football
The St. Francis Xavier X-Men football team represents the St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in the sport of Canadian football in U Sports. The program has been competing at the varsity level since 1954 and won the second ever Vanier Cup national championship in 1966. The team has played in two National Championship games overall when they were runners-up in 1996 and have won 13 conference championships in total.Championships
National Championships
- Champions: 1966
- Runner-Up: 1996
Semi-Final Championships
- Champions: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1996
- Runner-Up: 1958, 1962, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1983
- In 1983 the AUAA was in a dispute with the CIS over the Atlantic Bowl being played at Saint Mary's, in Halifax, on annual basis. Calgary received a bye to the CIAU Championship game.
- Runner-Up: 2015, 2018
- Runner-Up: 2016
Conference Championships
- Champions: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1996, 2015, 2016, 2018
The X-Men have won the Atlantic Conference Championship 13 times and have been runners-up an additional 12 times.Recent results
National award winners
- J. P. Metras Trophy: Tony Grassa, Mike Kushnir
- Presidents' Trophy: Paul Frlan, David Stipe, Hénoc Muamba
- Peter Gorman Trophy: Joey Tynes, Andre Arlain, Paul Carty, Jeremy Steeves
- Frank Tindall Trophy: John Stevens
X-Men in the CFL
In the 2011 CFL Draft, Hénoc Muamba became the first X-Men player to be selected first overall in the Canadian College Draft, having been drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
As of the end of the 2019 CFL season, three former X-Men players are on CFL teams' rosters:
