1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 10–4 record and won the Grey Cup over the BC Lions.

1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachRalph Sazio
Home fieldCivic Stadium
Results
Record10–4
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup

Preseason

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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 season

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Season Standings

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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

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Season schedule

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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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Playoffs

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Schedule

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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 Cup

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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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References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. ^ a b "1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.