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

The 1963 BC Lions finished the season in first place in the West Division 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 and, as of the 2009 season, the only time in Lions' history. 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.

Regular season

Season standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
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	226	16
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	9	0	302	325	14
Edmonton Eskimos	16	2	14	0	220	425	4

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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
Date	Away	Home
November 16	BC Lions 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders 7

**Western Finals** – Game 2
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ BC Lions
Date	Away	Home
November 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders 13	BC Lions 8

**Western Finals** – Game 3
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ BC Lions
Date	Away	Home
November 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders 1	BC Lions 36

BC wins the best of three series 2–1. The Lions will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Grey Cup

Main article: 51st Grey Cup

November 30 51st Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
BC Lions 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions

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Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Tom Brown (LB)
CFL's Coach of the Year – Dave Skrien
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Joe Kapp (QB)

1963 CFL All-Stars

QB – Joe Kapp, CFL All-Star
RB – Willie "The Wisp" Fleming, CFL All-Star
OG – Tom Hinton, CFL All-Star
OT – Lonnie Dennis, CFL All-Star
DE – Dick Fouts, CFL All-Star
LB – Tom Brown, CFL All-Star
LB – Norm Fieldgate, CFL All-Star

References

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

1963 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1963 CFL Draft 51st Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

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 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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