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Canadian Football League season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
1963 CFL season | |
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Duration | June – October, 1963 |
East champions | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
West champions | BC Lions |
51st Grey Cup | |
Date | November 30, 1963 |
Venue | Empire Stadium, Vancouver |
Champions | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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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 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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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 |
Note: All dates in 1963
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders | |||
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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 |
Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders | ||
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Date | Away | Home |
November 9 | Montreal Alouettes 5 | Ottawa Rough Riders 17 |
BC Lions vs Saskatchewan Roughriders | |||
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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 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders | |||
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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 |
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | 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 |
November 30
51st Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia | |
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Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
BC Lions 10 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21 |
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions | |