The BC Lions 1963 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The BC Lions 1963 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Won Western Conference Final Best of Series 2 – 1
- Nov. 16, 1963 Won 19 – 7 @ Saskatchewan
- Nov. 20, 1963 Lost 8 – 13 vs Saskatchewan
- Nov. 23, 1963 Won 36 – 1 vs Saskatchewan
CFL The Grey Cup
- Nov. 30, 1963 Lost 10 – 21 vs Hamilton

Team Roster and Stats

1963 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

BC Lions 1963 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	3	3	0	0	6	88	35	W3	3-0-0
Regular Season	16	12	4	0	24	387	232	W1	5-1-0
Home	8	8	0	0	16	228	92	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	159	140	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	12	10	2	0	20	307	148	W1	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	80	84	L2	2-2-0

Full 1963 League Standings

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	10 (10-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	14 (12-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

BC Lions 1963 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 17	BC 30 @ TOR 27	W	24,076
B	Wed Jul 24 11:00 PM	SSK 0 @ BC 40	W	18,240
C	Thu Aug 1	OTT 8 @ BC 18	W	23,190

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 8 10:00 PM	BC 16 @ SSK 7	W	12,605
2	Mon Aug 12	EDM 12 @ BC 31	W	27,639
3	Mon Aug 19	TOR 14 @ BC 22	W	31,589
4	Mon Aug 26	BC 22 @ CGY 19	W	22,500
4	Thu Aug 29	BC 15 @ WPG 16	L	19,632
6	Sat Sep 7	CGY 21 @ BC 37	W	36,659
7	Mon Sep 9 10:00 PM	BC 8 @ SSK 2	W	15,384
8	Mon Sep 16	MTL 9 @ BC 20	W	31,438
8	Sat Sep 21	BC 21 @ HAM 38	L	26,652
9	Mon Sep 23	BC 17 @ OTT 23	L	20,191
10	Mon Sep 30	CGY 14 @ BC 32	W	32,529
11	Sat Oct 5	BC 40 @ EDM 1	W	14,000
12	Sat Oct 12 11:30 PM	SSK 6 @ BC 26	W	30,079
13	Sat Oct 19	EDM 6 @ BC 32	W	29,133
14	Sun Oct 27	BC 20 @ WPG 34	L	16,973
15	Sun Nov 3	WPG 10 @ BC 28	W	32,646

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sat Nov 16 3:30 PM	BC 19 @ SSK 7	W	16,262	CTV, CBC
P2	Wed Nov 20 11:00 PM	SSK 13 @ BC 8	L	26,738	CBC, CTV
P2	Sat Nov 23 5:00 PM	SSK 1 @ BC 36	W	25,603	CTV, CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 30 4:00 PM	HAM 21 @ BC 10	L	36,461	CTV, CBC

BC Lions 1963 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.438	6-0-0 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.688	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.125	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.429	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.643	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.214	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1963	1962 +/-
Average Combined Score	38.69	-4.31
Average Winning Score	26.17	-2.55
Average Losing Score	18.25	+2.14
Average Home Score	28.50	+8.25
Average Visitor Score	19.88	-3.12
Average Margin of Victory	16.08	+0.51
Average Margin of Loss	9.50	-2.17

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
BC	60	40	100	65	62	127	49	47	96	54	10	64	228 (28.5)	159 (19.9)	387 (24.2)
Opponent	5	42	47	27	50	77	13	11	24	47	37	84	140 (17.5)	92 (11.5)	232 (14.5)

Coaches

Head Coach

Dave Skrien (Sept. 12, 1961 – Aug. 17, 1967)

Player Awards
All Stars

BC Lions 1963 Player Awards and Nominations

1963 Most Outstanding

Player — Joe Kapp (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Tom Brown (Winner)
Canadian Player — Norm Fieldgate (Team Nominee)

BC Lions 1963 All-Star Selections

No BC Lions Canadian or Division All-Star selections in 1963.

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BC Lions 1963 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–3 (12)		Noal Bates (G)	Toronto
3–3 (21)		Peter Kempf (C)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–3		Pass
6–3		Pass
7–3		Pass
8–3		Pass
9–3		Pass
10–3		Pass
11–3		Pass
12–3		Pass
13–3		Pass
14–3		Pass
15–3		Pass
16–3		Pass
17–3		Pass
18–3		Pass
19–3		Pass
20–3		Pass