The 1963 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 10th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 6th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1963 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Conference Semi-Finals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 Grey Cup Championship 4 1963 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 5 1963 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1963

Charter Membership into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame started on June 19.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] 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 2 223 226 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.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1963

[edit] Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals - Game 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders 9 Calgary Stampeders 35

Western Semi-Finals - Game 2 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 11 Calgary Stampeders 12 Saskatchewan Roughriders 39

• Saskatchewan won the total-point series by 48-47. The Roughriders will play the BC Lions in the Western Finals.

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

• The Rough Riders will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Finals.

[edit] Conference Finals

Western-Finals - Game 1 BC Lions @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 16 BC Lions 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7

Western Finals - Game 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ BC Lions Date Away Home November 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 13 BC Lions 8

Western Finals - Game 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ BC Lions Date Away Home November 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 BC Lions 36

• BC wins the best of three series 2-1. The Lions will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Eastern Finals - Game 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45 Ottawa Rough Riders 0

Eastern Finals - Game 2 Ottawa Rough Riders @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 24 Ottawa Rough Riders 35 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18

• Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 63-35. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

[edit] 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

[edit] 1963 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 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

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