1963 CFL season

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.

CFL News in 1963
Charter Membership into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame started on June 19.

Final regular season standings
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
Note: All dates in 1963

Conference Semi-Finals

 * 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

 * 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.

1963 CFL All-Stars
Russ Jackson wins his first of three Most Outstanding Player Awards proving that Canadians could have dominant careers at that position.

OFFENCE

 * QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
 * RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
 * RB – Willie "The Wisp" Fleming, BC Lions
 * RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
 * RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
 * TE – 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 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