1963 CFL season

1963 CFL season
Regular season
Duration	June, 1963 – October, 1963
Playoffs
Start date	November 9, 1963
East Champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats1963-11-24
West Champions	BC Lions1963-11-23
51st Grey Cup
Date	November 30, 1963
Site	Empire Stadium, Vancouver
Champions	Hamilton 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 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[]

1963 Eastern All-Stars[]

1963 Western All-Stars[]

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

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