Last week, they were blown out. This time, they tapped out. The Western football team’s once-promising season crashed to a halt in a bizarre, only-in-Canada, 18-17 first-round playoff loss to the Guelph Gryphons Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium. The Mustangs blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and suffered the ignominious death-by-rouge when veteran slot back Seth […]
The Mustangs (7-1) face Guelph (3-5) in an Ontario university playoff quarterfinal Saturday (1 p.m.) at Western Alumni Stadium.
There aren’t many times in recent Western Mustangs football history that the kicker accounted for every point in a game.
Jerome Rancourt has been telling people for years that he is a fast runner.
Angelo Longo made a split-second decision. The burly Western defensive tackle intercepted a McMaster pass 10 yards from the end zone when the game was still hanging in the balance late in the second quarter. He showed some surprising light feet and scored his first career touchdown to help the Mustangs pull away for a […]
The nationally third-ranked Western Mustangs have given up the most points in the Ontario university football conference through three weeks.
He rushed for 121 yards on four carries – including a 62-yard touchdown – in the Mustangs’ 53-33 dismantling of the Guelph Gryphons last weekend.
A week ago in Kingston, the Western football team survived a four-overtime classic. There was no nail-biting this time. The Mustangs offence looked like an explosive powerhouse again with four second-quarter touchdowns and torched a quality Guelph Gryphons squad 53-33 in their home opener Sunday night at Western Alumni Stadium. The biggest surge happened after […]
The Western football team finished an all-time comeback with a win for the ages. The Mustangs rallied from 16 points down late in the fourth quarter, then finally subdued Queen’s on Brian Garrity’s 16-yard field goal in the fourth overtime for a rousing 45-42 season-opening victory Saturday at Richardson Stadium in Kingston. “I thought I […]
The fifth-year Western quarterback underwent extensive off-season therapy on the right throwing elbow that has dogged him for the past two seasons.