The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group II state sectional championship in 2000, 2006, 2013 and 2014, and won the North I Group I title in 2004. The 2000 team won the North II Group I state sectional title with a 33-7 win against Pompton Lakes High School in the championship final played at Kean University. The 2006 team went to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford where they played the Indians of Pascack Valley High School in the North I Group II finals, beating them 9-8. The school has had a football rivalry since 1976 with River Dell Regional High School called the "Bird Bowl", in which the winner receives a trophy with a football inside of a bird cage. Westwood leads the series with an overall record of 20-18 through the 2017 season. NJ.com listed the rivalry as 28th on its 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football".