Acadia Axemen football
The Acadia Axemen football team represents Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia in the sport of Canadian football in U Sports. The team has been in continuous operation since 1957 when they played their first full season in the Nova Scotia Junior Canadian Football League. The program entered the top tier in Maritime football in 1962 and has been competing there ever since. The program saw its greatest success from 1975 to 1981 where they won six conference championships, appeared in four Vanier Cup national championships, and won two of those in 1979 and in 1981.
Recently, the Axemen had their most success in the 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2019 seasons, when the teams finished first in the AUS and reached the Uteck Bowl all four years. Since 1998, the program has qualified for the playoffs every year except for the 2008 season.National championships
- Champions: 1979, 1981
- Runner Up: 1976, 1977
Semi-final championships
- Runner Up: 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
- Champions: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981
- Runner Up: 1975, 1980, 1986, 1995, 1998
Conference championships
- Champions: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
National award winners
- Hec Crighton Trophy: Al Charuk, Bob Stracina, Bob Cameron
- Peter Gorman Trophy: Jerome Pathon
- Frank Tindall Trophy: John Huard, Jeff Cummins
Axemen in the CFL
As of the end of the 2019 CFL season, five former Axemen players are on CFL teams' rosters:
