Early game mistakes hung over the Mustangs on Saturday afternoon when London faced off against the Laurier Golden Hawks in Waterloo.
The Golden Hawks took a 43-28 win home on their own turf.
This is the first regular season loss for the Mustangs since the second week of the 2021 season.
“We kind of dug ourselves a hole in the first half, we fumbled, we busted some coverages and then we took penalties but we were still in it,” said Mustangs Head Coach Greg Marshall “Give Laurier credit though they did a good job in the second half when we got our feet under us a little offensively, they continued to drive the ball,”
The Golden Hawks secured a 14-0 lead early on in the game, which they held through the entire first quarter.
Western’s first points didn’t come until there was only 4:22 left in the second quarter, pushing …