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 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.

Vanier Cup

 * Champions: 1966
 * Runner-Up: 1996

Atlantic Bowl

 * 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 (formerly CIAU) over the Atlantic Bowl being played at Saint Mary's, in Halifax, on annual basis. Calgary received a bye to the CIAU Championship game.

Uteck Bowl

 * Runner-Up: 2015, 2018, 2022

Mitchell Bowl

 * Runner-Up: 2016, 2021, 2023

Jewett Trophy (Loney Bowl)
The X-Men have won the Atlantic Conference Championship 16 times and have been runners-up an additional 12 times.
 * Champions: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1996, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023

National award winners

 * J. P. Metras Trophy: Tony Grassa (1981), Mike Kushnir (1997)
 * Presidents' Trophy: Paul Frlan (1995), Adam MacDonald (2002), Hénoc Muamba (2010)
 * Peter Gorman Trophy: Joey Tynes (1979), Andre Arlain (1994), Paul Carty (1997), Jeremy Steeves (2001)
 * Frank Tindall Trophy: John Stevens (1997), Gary Waterman (2022)

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 start of the 2024 CFL season, three former X-Men players are on CFL teams' rosters:
 * Kaion Julien-Grant, Montreal Alouettes
 * Gregor MacKellar, Toronto Argonauts
 * Gordon Whyte, Hamilton Tiger-Cats