The 1963 Canadian Football League 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 [edit]
Charter Membership into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame started on June 19.
Regular season standings [edit]
Final regular season standings [edit]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- British Columbia and Hamilton have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs [edit]
Note: All dates in 1963
Conference Semi-Finals [edit]
- Saskatchewan won the total-point series by 48–47. The Roughriders will play the BC Lions in the Western Finals.
- The Rough Riders will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Finals.
Conference Finals [edit]
- BC wins the best of three series 2–1. The Lions will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
- Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 63–35. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Playoff bracket [edit]
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Grey Cup Championship [edit]
CFL Leaders [edit]
1963 CFL All-Stars [edit]
Offence [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- 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 [edit]
Offence [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- 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 [edit]
Offence [edit]
- 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, Calgary Stampeders
- 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 [edit]
- 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 [edit]
References [edit]
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