BC Lions 1963 Season on CFLdb Statistics

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
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 30, 1963 Lost 10 – 21 vs Hamilton

BC Lions 1963 Season Resources 1963 BC Team Roster 1963 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Jul 17	BC 30 @ TOR 27	W	24,076
Ex	Wed Jul 24 11:00 PM	SSK 0 @ BC 40	W	18,240
Ex	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 11:30 PM	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 8:00 PM	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	CTV
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 5:30 PM	WPG 10 @ BC 28	W	32,646	CTV


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

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
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

	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)

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 Elks (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 RedBlacks (1)	0.643	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.214	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	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

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	228 (28.5)	159 (19.9)	387 (24.2)
Total	Opponent	140 (17.5)	92 (11.5)	232 (14.5)
1st	BC	60 (7.5)	40 (5.0)	100 (6.3)
1st	Opponent	42 (5.3)	5 (0.6)	47 (2.9)
2nd	BC	65 (8.1)	62 (7.8)	127 (7.9)
2nd	Opponent	50 (6.3)	27 (3.4)	77 (4.8)
3rd	BC	49 (6.1)	47 (5.9)	96 (6.0)
3rd	Opponent	11 (1.4)	13 (1.6)	24 (1.5)
4th	BC	54 (6.8)	10 (1.3)	64 (4.0)
4th	Opponent	37 (4.6)	47 (5.9)	84 (5.3)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

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

7 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Joe Kapp
HB	Willie Fleming, Jr.
G	Tom Hinton
T	Lonnie Dennis
DE	Dick Fouts
ILB	Tom Brown
CLB	Norm Fieldgate

8 All-Division Selections

QB	Joe Kapp
HB	Clarence “Nub” Beamer, Jr.
HB	Willie Fleming, Jr.^*
G	Tom Hinton
T	Lonnie Dennis
DE	Dick Fouts
ILB	Tom Brown
CLB	Norm Fieldgate

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1963 BC Lions Canadian Amateur 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