St. Francis Xavier X-Men | |
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First season | 1954 |
Athletic director | Leo MacPherson |
Head coach | Gary Waterman 14th year, 69–49–0 (.585) |
Home stadium | Oland Stadium |
Stadium capacity | 4000 |
Stadium surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Antigonish, Nova Scotia |
League | U Sports |
Conference | AUS (1999 – present) |
Past associations | AUAA (1974–1998) |
All-time record | – |
Postseason record | – |
Titles | |
Vanier Cups | 1 1966 |
Atlantic Bowls | 5 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1996 |
Jewett Trophies | 16 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1996, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Hec Crighton winners | 0 |
Colours | Blue and White |
Outfitter | Adidas |
Website | goxgo.ca |
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 X-Men 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 16 conference championships in total.