With their first full season in 1929, the Western Mustangs are one of the most decorated football teams in Canadian university history.

The team has had the most Vanier Cup national championship appearances, having made it to the title game 15 times (most recently in 2021).

The Mustangs have also won the Yates Cup conference championship 35 times in team history; more than any other Canadian University.

[2] There have been three former Western Mustang team members who have participated in the NFL Draft:[3] John Priestner (Baltimore Colts, 1979), Tyrone Williams (Phoenix Cardinals, 1992) and Vaughn Martin (San Diego Chargers, 2009).

Known as 'rugby' or 'rugby football', this team joined a local junior league and played a small series of games that year.

Opening day, Western's new senior intermediate team played Queen's University and lost 25–2.

Both coaches were very knowledgeable and skillful football players and with their guidance, the team gained more and more wins each year.

[7] Crocker went ahead with plans for the football team during World War II, despite that no decision had been made whether the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union would operate.

[citation needed] Canadian intercollegiate athletics resumed in 1946, and the Mustangs saw another undefeated schedule season that year, winning their third Yates Cup.

Videotaping, electronic score boards, and radio broadcasting were all brought to the games starting in the 1948 season.

The local newspaper, the London Free Press, was diligently attending and recording all the games the Mustangs played.

The next couple of seasons saw players like Don Getty, Murray Henderson, Bill Britton, John Girvin, Frank Cosentino, and Ed Meads all play for the Mustangs.

With this change, Western also started to play McMaster, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier and Windsor in this new group.

[12] The Mustangs have been one of the top teams in U Sports football as of late, posting a 90–12 regular season record between 2008 and 2021.

[13] The following is the record of the University of Western Ontario Mustangs football team since 2002: [14][15] Vanier Cup Alberta