1963_CFL_season

1963 CFL season

Sports season

The 1963 CFL season is considered to be the tenth season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the sixth Canadian Football League season.

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1963 CFL season
Duration	June – October, 1963
East champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West champions	BC Lions
51st Grey Cup
Date	November 30, 1963
Venue	Empire Stadium, Vancouver
Champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL seasons
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Rough Riders

Alouettes

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

Canadian Football League team locations:

West,

East

CFL News in 1963

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

Average attendance exceeded 20,000 spectators per game for the first time in league history. The league has consistently drawn at least that number of fans to its games ever since.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

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

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**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	12	4	0	387	232	24
Calgary Stampeders	16	10	4	2	427	323	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	7	7	2	223	266	16
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	9	0	302	325	14
Edmonton Eskimos	16	2	14	0	220	425	4

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

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

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1963

Conference Semi-Finals

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**Western Semi-Finals**
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 9	Saskatchewan Roughriders 9	Calgary Stampeders 35
2	November 11	Calgary Stampeders 12	Saskatchewan Roughriders 39
Saskatchewan won the total-point series 48–47

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

Conference Finals

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**Western-Finals**
BC Lions vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 16	BC Lions 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders 7
2	November 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders 13	BC Lions 8
3	November 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders 1	BC Lions 36
BC wins the best of three series 2–1

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**Eastern Finals**
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 16	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45	Ottawa Rough Riders 0
2	November 24	Ottawa Rough Riders 35	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18
Hamilton won total-point series 63–35

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

51st Grey Cup

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

63
(45+18)

Ottawa Rough Riders

35
(0+35)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

BC Lions

BC Lions

2
(19,8,36)

Ottawa Rough Riders

Saskatchewan Roughriders

1
(7,13,1)

Montreal Alouettes

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Grey Cup Championship

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November 30 51st Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
BC Lions 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions

CFL Leaders

CFL Passing Leaders
CFL Rushing Leaders
CFL Receiving Leaders^[2]

1963 CFL All-Stars

Offence

QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Willie Fleming, BC Lions
RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders
C – Milt Crain, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
OG – Tom Hinton, BC Lions
OT – Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders
OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

Defence

DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
DT – Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DE – Dick Fouts, BC Lions
MG – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Tom Brown, BC Lions
LB – Jim Andreotti, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Norm Fieldgate, BC Lions
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders
DB – Dick Thornton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1963 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Dave Thelen, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
F – Tommy Grant, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
SE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Ted Watkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
C – Milt Crain, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Chuck Walton, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders
OT – Hardiman Cureton, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – Ed Nickla, Montreal Alouettes
DT – Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – John Autry, Toronto Argonauts
MG – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Jim Reynolds, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Jim Andreotti, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Gene Gaines, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Joe Poirier, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts

1963 Western All-Stars

Offence

QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
RB – Nub Beamer, BC Lions
RB – Willie Fleming, BC Lions
RB – Jim Dillard, Calgary Stampeders
RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Farrell Funston, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
TE – Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders
C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
OG – Tom Hinton, BC Lions
OT – Al Benecick, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

Defence

DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
DT – Bill Clarke, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DE – Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DE – Dick Fouts, BC Lions
MG – Ron Atchison, Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Tom Brown, BC Lions
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Norm Fieldgate, BC Lions
DB – Dale West, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Dick Thornton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
S – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders

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), BC Lions
CFL's Coach of the Year – Dave Skrien, BC Lions
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Garney Henley (DB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Joe Kapp (QB), BC Lions
Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Rick Black (P/FB), Ottawa Rough Riders
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Peter Kempf (FB/K), BC Lions
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Tom Brown (LB), BC Lions

References

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"1963".
[2]
"CFLapedia".

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