1963 CFL season

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The 1963 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 10th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 6th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1963 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Conference Semi-Finals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 Grey Cup Championship 4 1963 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 5 1963 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1963

Charter Membership into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame started on June 19th.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts British Columbia Lions 16 12 4 0 387 232 24 Calgary Stampeders 16 10 4 2 427 323 22 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 7 7 2 223 226 16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 7 9 0 302 325 14 Edmonton Eskimos 16 2 14 0 220 425 4

Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 10 4 0 312 214 20 Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 5 0 326 284 18 Montreal Alouettes 14 6 8 0 277 297 12 Toronto Argonauts 14 3 11 0 202 310 6

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• British Columbia and Hamilton have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1963

[edit] Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals - Game 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders 9 Calgary Stampeders 35

Western Semi-Finals - Game 2 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 11 Calgary Stampeders 12 Saskatchewan Roughriders 39

• Saskatchewan won the total-point series by 48-47. The Roughriders will play the British Columbia Lions in the Western Finals.

Eastern Semi-Finals Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 9 Montreal Alouettes 5 Ottawa Rough Riders 17

• The Rough Riders will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Finals.

[edit] Conference Finals

Western-Finals - Game 1 British Columbia Lions @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 16 British Columbia Lions 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7

Western Finals - Game 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ British Columbia Lions Date Away Home November 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 13 British Columbia Lions 8

Western Finals - Game 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ British Columbia Lions Date Away Home November 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 British Columbia Lions 36

• B.C. wins the best of three series 2-1. The Lions will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Eastern Finals - Game 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45 Ottawa Rough Riders 0

Eastern Finals - Game 2 Ottawa Rough Riders @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 24 Ottawa Rough Riders 35 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18

• Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 63-35. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

[edit] Grey Cup Championship

November 30 51st Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium - Vancouver, British Columbia Western Champion Eastern Champion British Columbia Lions 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions [edit] 1963 CFL All-Stars [edit] OFFENCE QB - Joe Kapp, British Columbia Lions RB - Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts RB - Willie "The Wisp" Fleming, British Columbia Lions RB - George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes RB - Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders TE - Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats TE - Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders C - Milt Crain, Montreal Alouettes OG - Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders OG - Tom Hinton, British Columbia Lions OT - Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders OT - Lonnie Dennis, British Columbia Lions [edit] DEFENCE DT - Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders DT - Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats DE - Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders DE - Dick Fouts, British Columbia Lions MG - John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats LB - Tom Brown, British Columbia Lions LB - Jim Andreotti, Montreal Alouettes LB - Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders LB - Norm Fieldgate, British Columbia Lions DB - Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats DB - Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders DB - Dick Thornton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers [edit] 1963 CFL Awards CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award - Tom Brown (LB), British Columbia Lions CFL's Coach of the Year - Dave Skrien, British Columbia Lions Preceded by 1962 CFL season CFL seasons Succeeded by 1964 CFL season v • d • e Canadian Football League West Division: BC Lions • Calgary Stampeders • Edmonton Eskimos • Saskatchewan Roughriders East Division: Winnipeg Blue Bombers • Hamilton Tiger-Cats • Toronto Argonauts • Montreal Alouettes Expansion Team: Ottawa CFL (2010) East Division Awards: Evanshen • Hayman • McCaffrey • Gibson • Dandurand West Division Awards: Nicklin • Martin • Fieldgate • Parker • DeMarco-Becket • Dryburgh • James League Awards: Outstanding Player • Canadian • Defensive Player • Offensive Lineman • Rookie • Stukus • Pate • Agro • Rogers Playoff Awards: Grey Cup • Dixon • Taylor • Most Valuable Player • Suderman Stadiums: BC Place • Canad Inns • Commonwealth • Ivor Wynne • McMahon • Molson • Mosaic • Olympic • Rogers Centre Records • Seasons • Draft • Rough Riders • Renegades • Schooners • CFL USA • Hall of Fame • Top 50 Players CFL on TV • CFL on CBC • CFL on CTV • Friday Night Football • List of Grey Cup broadcasters • The Canadian Football Network