The Montreal Alouettes 1963 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Montreal Alouettes 1963 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 9, 1963 Lost 5 – 17 @ Ottawa

Team Roster and Stats

1963 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Montreal Alouettes 1963 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	3	2	1	0	4	41	40	W2	2-1-0
Regular Season	14	6	8	0	12	277	297	L3	2-4-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	182	142	L2	4-2-0
Visitor	7	1	6	0	2	95	155	L1	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	9	4	5	0	8	192	217	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	85	80	L1	2-3-0

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	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (5-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Montreal Alouettes 1963 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 17	CGY 10 @ MTL 1	L	19,161
B	Mon Jul 22	EDM 14 @ MTL 17	W	17,794
C	Thu Aug 1 8:05 PM	HAM 16 @ MTL 23	W	19,789

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 10	MTL 7 @ HAM 30	L	25,709
2	Thu Aug 15	MTL 14 @ OTT 31	L	20,662
3	Fri Aug 23	TOR 8 @ MTL 15	W	19,354
5	Mon Sep 2	OTT 15 @ MTL 37	W	24,499
6	Sun Sep 8	WPG 1 @ MTL 30	W	24,592
7	Sat Sep 14	MTL 1 @ EDM 10	L	13,000
8	Mon Sep 16	MTL 9 @ BC 20	L	31,438
9	Tue Sep 24	CGY 17 @ MTL 25	W	23,115
10	Sun Sep 29	MTL 14 @ HAM 24	L	23,614
11	Fri Oct 4	MTL 29 @ TOR 13	W	23,587
12	Sun Oct 13	TOR 20 @ MTL 34	W	23,277
13	Sat Oct 19	MTL 21 @ OTT 27	L	22,763
14	Thu Oct 24 8:00 PM	SSK 32 @ MTL 20	L	18,509
15	Sun Nov 3	HAM 49 @ MTL 21	L	19,337

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 9	MTL 5 @ OTT 17	L	20,358

Montreal Alouettes 1963 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.524	3-1-0 (4)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.500	2-1-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.714	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.643	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.214	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.750	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.125	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1963	1962 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.00	-3.07
Average Winning Score	28.33	-4.42
Average Losing Score	13.38	-2.77
Average Home Score	26.00	+5.43
Average Visitor Score	13.57	-9.86
Average Margin of Victory	16.00	-1.00
Average Margin of Loss	14.50	+4.64

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)
Montreal	42	11	53	58	20	78	40	29	69	42	35	77	182 (26.0)	95 (13.6)	277 (19.8)
Opponent	19	49	68	47	64	111	43	10	53	33	32	65	155 (22.1)	142 (20.3)	297 (21.2)

Coaches

Head Coaches

Jim Trimble (Feb. 19, 1963 – Nov. 18, 1965)
Perry Moss (Nov. 18, 1959 – Jan. 30, 1963)

Player Awards
All Stars

Montreal Alouettes 1963 Player Awards and Nominations

1963 Most Outstanding

Player — George Dixon (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Ed Nickla (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ted Elsby (Team Nominee)

Montreal Alouettes 1963 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

HB	George Dixon^*
C	Milt Crain
ILB	Jim Andreotti

6 All-Division Selections

HB	George Dixon^*
C	Milt Crain
G	Chuck “Dick” Walton
DT	Ed Nickla
ILB	Jim Andreotti^*
CLB	Jim Reynolds

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Montreal Alouettes 1963 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–6 (15)		Ray German (C)	Ottawa
3–6 (24)		Gary Boug (QB)	Western Ontario
4–6 (33)		Paul Desjardins (C)	Ottawa
5–6 (40)		Peter Trudell (HB)	Loyola
6–6 (46)		John Futa (E)	Queen's
7–6 (52)		Len St. John (HB)	Carleton
8–6 (54)		Larry Cullen (HB)	McMaster
9–6 (57)		Jim Allen (E)	Ottawa
10–6 (59)		Jake Dineen (E)	St. Francis Xavier
11–6 (60)		Fred Jazbac (C)	McMaster
12–6 (61)		Irv Narvey (E)	Loyola
13–6 (62)		Murray Thomas (HB)	McGill
14–6 (63)		Fraser Allen (HB)	McGill
15–6 (64)		Pete Halmay (T)	McGill
16–6 (65)		Wayne Osborne (T)	British Columbia (UBC)
17–6 (66)		Arnie Smith (C)	British Columbia (UBC)
18–6 (67)		Rich Sheffer (E)	Mount Allison
19–6 (68)		Jim Christoff (G)	Alberta
20–6 (69)		Vic Messier (HB)	Alberta