# 1963 CFL 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.

## 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 Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | 51st Grey Cup | 51st Grey Cup | 51st Grey Cup |
| | | | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 63 (45+18) | | | |
| | | | E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 35 (0+35) | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21 |
| | | | | | | W1 | BC Lions | 10 |
| | | | W1 | BC Lions | 2 (19,8,36) | | | |
| E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17 | W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 (7,13,1) | | | |
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 5 | | | | | | |

### 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

## 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