# 1964 CFL season

The 1964 CFL season is considered to be the 11th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the seventh Canadian Football League season.

## 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 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 328 | 168 | 25 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 352 | 349 | 24 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 330 | 282 | 18 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 222 | 458 | 8 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 270 | 397 | 3 |
Eastern Football Conference :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 329 | 201 | 21 |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 313 | 228 | 17 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 192 | 264 | 12 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 243 | 332 | 8 |
* Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
* BC and Hamilton have first round byes.

## Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1964

### Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals :
| Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 7 | Calgary Stampeders 25 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 34 |
| 2 | November 9 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 6 | Calgary Stampeders 51 |
| Calgary won the total-point series by 76–40 ||||
Eastern Semi-Finals :
| Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders |||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 7 | Montreal Alouettes 0 | Ottawa Rough Riders 27 |

### Conference Finals

Western Finals :
| BC Lions vs Calgary Stampeders ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 14 | BC Lions 24 | Calgary Stampeders 10 |
| 2 | November 18 | Calgary Stampeders 14 | BC Lions 10 |
| 3 | November 22 | Calgary Stampeders 14 | BC Lions 33 |
| BC wins the best of three series 2–1 ||||
Eastern Finals :
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 14 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13 | Ottawa Rough Riders 30 |
| 2 | November 21 | Ottawa Rough Riders 8 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26 |
| Hamilton won 2 game total-point series 39–38 ||||

## Playoff bracket

| Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | 52nd Grey Cup | 52nd Grey Cup | 52nd Grey Cup |
| 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | | | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 39 (13+26) | | | |
| East | East | East | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 39 (13+26) | | | |
| East | East | East | E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 38 (30+8) | | | |
| E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27 | E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 38 (30+8) | | | |
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 0 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 0 | | | | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24 |
| | | | | | | W1 | BC Lions | 34 |
| 2 | | | | | | | | | W1 | BC Lions | 34 |
| 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | | | W1 | BC Lions | 2 (24,10,33) | | | |
| West | West | West | W1 | BC Lions | 2 (24,10,33) | | | |
| West | West | West | W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 1 (10,14,14) | | | |
| W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 76 (25+51) | W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 1 (10,14,14) | | | |
| W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 40 (34+6) | | | | | | |

### Grey Cup Championship

November 28
52nd Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario :
| Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
| BC Lions 34 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 |
| The BC Lions are the 1964 Grey Cup Champions ||

## CFL Leaders

* CFL Passing Leaders
* CFL Rushing Leaders
* CFL Receiving Leaders

## 1964 CFL All-Stars
### Offence

* QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
* RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
* RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
* RB – Ed Buchanan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* TE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
* TE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* F – Tommy Grant, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* C – Chet Miksza, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
* OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OG – Al Benecick, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OT – Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders
* OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

### Defence

* DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DT – Mike Cacic, BC Lions
* DE – Dick Fouts, BC Lions
* DE – Peter Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* MG – Tom Brown, BC Lions
* LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
* LB – Ron Brewer, Toronto Argonauts
* LB – Bobby Kuntz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DB – Bill Munsey, BC Lions
* DB – Jerry Keeling, Calgary Stampeders
* DB – Bob Ptacek, Saskatchewan Roughriders

## 1964 Eastern All-Stars
### Offence

* QB – Bernie Faloney, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* RB – Ron Stewart, Ottawa Rough Riders
* RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
* RB – Dave Thelen, Ottawa Rough Riders
* E – Ted Watkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
* E – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* F – Tommy Grant, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* C – Chet Miksza, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OG – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
* OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OT – Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders
* OT – Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats

### Defence

* DT – Ted Elsby, Montreal Alouettes
* DT – Billy Shipp, Toronto Argonauts
* DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
* DE – Peter Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* MG – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* LB – Ron Brewer, Toronto Argonauts
* LB – Bobby Kuntz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DB – Ed Learn, Montreal Alouettes
* DB – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts
* DB – Joe Poirier, Ottawa Rough Riders

## 1964 Western All-Stars
### Offence

* QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
* RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
* RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* RB – Ed Buchanan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* E – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
* E – Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders
* E – Pat Claridge, BC Lions
* F – Hugh Campbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OG – Al Benecick, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OG – Tom Hinton, BC Lions
* OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

### Defence

* DT – Ron Atchison, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* DT – Mike Cacic, BC Lions
* DE – Dick Fouts, BC Lions
* DE – Bill Whisler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* MG – Tom Brown, BC Lions
* LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
* LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* DB – Dale West, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* DB – Neal Beaumont, BC Lions
* DB – Bill Munsey, BC Lions
* DB – Jerry Keeling, Calgary Stampeders
* DB – Bob Ptacek, Saskatchewan Roughriders

## 1964 CFL Awards

* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Lovell Coleman (RB), Calgary Stampeders
* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tommy Grant (F), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Tom Brown (LB), BC Lions
* CFL's Coach of the Year – Ralph Sazio, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Dick Shatto (RB), Toronto Argonauts
* Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Tom Brown (LB), BC Lions
* Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Al Irwin (WR), Montreal Alouettes
* Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Billy Cooper (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Tom Brown (MG), BC Lions