1963 CFL season

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.

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1 CFL News in 1963
2 Regular Season Standings
- 2.1 Final regular season standings
3 Grey Cup playoffs
4 1963 CFL All-Stars
- 4.1 OFFENCE
- 4.2 DEFENCE
5 1963 CFL Awards

CFL News in 1963

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

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

**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	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

**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.

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.

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

1963 CFL All-Stars

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

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

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

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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
Other: Records • Seasons • Draft • Rough Riders • Renegades • Schooners • CFL USA • Hall of Fame • Top 50 Players
Broadcasting • CBC • CTV • Friday Night Football • Grey Cup • The Canadian Football Network • Current announcers

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