1963 BC Lions season

1963 BC Lions season
Head coach Dave Skrien
Home field Empire Stadium
Results
Record 12–4
Division place 1st, West
Playoff finish Lost in Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1963 BC Lions finished the season in first place in the Western Conference for the first time ever with a 12–4 record.

Over the course of the season, the Lions' defense allowed an average of only 14.5 points per game while running back Willie Fleming rushed for 1,234 yards and an astounding 9.7 yard average. It was first time the Lions finished with a perfect home record. A total of seven Lions would make the CFL all-star team and Tom Brown would win the Schenley for Most Outstanding Lineman.

On September 7, a crowd of 36,659 watch the Lions versus the Calgary Stampeders, the largest crowd ever to watch a CFL regular season game at that point in time.

After claiming first place, the Lions earned a bye into the West Finals where they beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders two games to one. They made their first Grey Cup appearance in franchise history, losing to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats by a score of 21–10 at Empire Stadium.

The Lions changed their jerseys. The orange and black stripes were replaced with thick orange shoulder stripe with TV numbers including within.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
BC Lions16124038723224
Calgary Stampeders16104242732322
Saskatchewan Roughriders1677222322616
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1679030232514
Edmonton Eskimos1621402204254

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 16–7 Win 1–0
2 Aug 12 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 31–12 Win 2–0
3 Aug 19 vs. Toronto Argonauts 22–12 Win 3–0
4 Aug 26 at Calgary Stampeders 22–19 Win 4–0
5 Aug 29 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16–15 Loss 4–1
6 Sept 7 vs. Calgary Stampeders 37–21 Win 5–1
7 Sept 9 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 8–2 Win 6–1
8 Sept 16 vs. Montreal Alouettes 20–9 Win 7–1
9 Sept 21 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 38–21 Loss 7–2
10 Sept 23 at Ottawa Rough Riders 23–17 Loss 7–3
11 Sept 30 vs. Calgary Stampeders 32–14 Win 8–3
12 Oct 5 at Edmonton Eskimos 40–1 Win 9–3
13 Oct 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–6 Win 10–3
14 Oct 19 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 32–6 Win 11–3
15 Oct 27 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34–26 Loss 11–4
16 Nov 3 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28–10 Win 12–4

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Playoffs

West Finals

Western-Finals – Game 1
BC Lions @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
DateAwayHome
November 16BC Lions 19Saskatchewan Roughriders 7
Western Finals – Game 2
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ BC Lions
DateAwayHome
November 20Saskatchewan Roughriders 13BC Lions 8
Western Finals – Game 3
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ BC Lions
DateAwayHome
November 23Saskatchewan Roughriders 1BC Lions 36
  • BC wins the best of three series 2–1. The Lions will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Grey Cup

November 30

51st Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia

Western ChampionEastern Champion
BC Lions 10Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions

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Offensive leaders

PlayerPassing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
Joe Kapp301143805
Willie Fleming123453912
Nub Beamer91412812
Sonny Homer06083
Jerry Janes03903
Pat Claridge03773
Mack Burton03523

Awards and records

1963 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ↑ CFL.ca
  2. ↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  3. ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1963


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