1963 CFL season

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1963 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJune, 1963 – October, 1963
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 9, 1963
East ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats1963-11-24
West ChampionsBC Lions1963-11-23
51st Grey Cup
DateNovember 30, 1963
SiteEmpire Stadium, Vancouver
ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
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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.

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

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
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.

Grey Cup playoffs[]

Note: All dates in 1963

Conference Semi-Finals[]

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

Conference Finals[]

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
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
E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 63
(45+18)
E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 17 E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 35
(0+35)
E3 Montreal Alouettes 5 E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21
W1 BC Lions 10
W1 BC Lions 2
(19,8,36)
W2 Calgary Stampeders 47
(35+12)
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1
(7,13,1)
W3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 48
(9+39)

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Grey Cup Championship[]

November 30

51st Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire StadiumVancouver, 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[]

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Defence[]

1963 Eastern All-Stars[]

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1963 Western All-Stars[]

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1963 CFL Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1963".
  2. ^ "CFLapedia".
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