1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head Coach	Ralph Sazio
Home Field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Place	1st, East
Playoff Finish	Won 51st Grey Cup
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1962	1964

The 1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East division with an 10–4 record and won the Grey Cup over the BC Lions.

PreseasonEdit

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	July 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–23	Win	8000	1–0
B	Aug 1	at Montreal Alouettes	23–16	Loss	19,789	1–1

Regular seasonEdit

Season StandingsEdit

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	312	214	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	9	5	326	284	18
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	277	297	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	3	11	202	310	6

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Season schedule Edit

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Aug 10	Montreal Alouettes	30–7	Win	25,709	1–0
2	Aug 15	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	5–3	Loss	12,609	1–1
2	Aug 19	at Calgary Stampeders	35–31	Loss	21,034	1–2
3	Aug 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	20–16	Win	24,271	2–2
4	Sept 2	Toronto Argonauts	7–1	Win	26,318	3–2
5	Sept 7	at Ottawa Rough Riders	28–27	Loss	19,124	3–3
6	Sept 15	at Toronto Argonauts	15–7	Loss	30,752	3–4
7	Sept 21	BC Lions	38–21	Win	26,652	4–4
8	Sept 29	Montreal Alouettes	24–14	Win	23,614	5–4
9	Oct 7	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–14	Win	15,340	6–4
10	Oct 14	Edmonton Eskimos	28–17	Win	22,642	7–4
11	Oct 20	at Toronto Argonauts	11–10	Win	21,196	8–4
12	Oct 26	Ottawa Rough Riders	11–10	Win	28,007	9–4
13	Nov 3	at Montreal Alouettes	49–21	Win	19,337	10–4

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PlayoffsEdit

Schedule Edit

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
Eastern Final #1	Nov 16	at Ottawa Rough Riders	45–0	Win	20,406
Eastern Final #2	Nov 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	35–18	Loss	23,972
Grey Cup	Nov 30	BC Lions	21–10	Win	36,461

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Grey CupEdit

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	7	7	0	21
BC Lions	7	0	3	0	10

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ReferencesEdit

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 51st Grey Cup Champions

Head coach: Ralph Sazio

v · d · eHamilton Tiger-Cats

Founded in 1950 • Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario

The Franchise	Franchise • Records • Players • Seasons • Head Coaches

Stadiums	Ivor Wynne Stadium

Culture and Lore	Hamilton Alerts • Hamilton Tigers • Hamilton Wildcats • Labour Day Classic • Carl Voyles • Defeated the Buffalo Bills on August 8, 1961 • Harold Ballard

The Rivalries	Montreal Alouettes • Toronto Argonauts

Important figures	John Barrow • Tommy Joe Coffey • Grover Covington • Rocky DiPietro • Matt Dunigan • Bernie Faloney • Tony Gabriel • Garney Henley • Ellison Kelly • Angelo Mosca • Peter Neumann • Hal Patterson • Ralph Sazio • Vince Scott • Don Sutherin • Brian Timmis • Ben Zambiasi

Legends	Angelo Mosca • Bernie Faloney • Joe Zuger • Garney Henley Chuck Ealey Ian Sunter Grover Covington • Ben Zambiasi • Howard Fields • Mitchell Price • Tom Clements • Mike Kerrigan • Rocky DiPietro • Tony Champion • Earl Winfield • Mike Morreale • Danny McManus • Darren Flutie • Joe Montford

Key personnel	Owner: Bob Young • Manager: Bob O'Billovich • Head Coach: Marcel Bellefeuille

Grey Cup Championships (8)	1953 • 1957 • 1963 • 1965 • 1967 • 1972 • 1986 • 1999

Eastern Division Championships (18)	1953 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1967 • 1972 • 1980 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1998 • 1999

CFL Seasons (54)	1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: Canadian Football League • Division: East Division

v · d · eHamilton Tiger-Cats seasons

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

v · d · e1963 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1963 CFL Draft 51st Grey Cup

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