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

Montreal Alouettes 1963 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1962: 18 players
1963 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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

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)	--

Coaches

Head Coaches

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

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1963 Montreal Alouettes Attendance

Capacity: 27,000
Total: 152,683
High: 24,592
Avg: 21,811 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1962 Avg: +496
Low: 18,509
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 80.78
Diff from League Avg: +1,088

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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

Stadium

1963 home stadium: Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 27,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1958 – Expansion

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)

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 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 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

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 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	2	Wed. July 17	CGY 10 @ MTL 1	L
B	4	Mon. July 22	EDM 14 @ MTL 17	W
C	13	Thu. Aug. 1 8:05 PM	HAM 16 @ MTL 23	W
1	18	Sat. Aug. 10	MTL 7 @ HAM 30	L
2	21	Thu. Aug. 15	MTL 14 @ OTT 31	L
3	28	Fri. Aug. 23	TOR 8 @ MTL 15	W
5	35	Mon. Sept. 2	OTT 15 @ MTL 37	W
6	41	Sun. Sept. 8	WPG 1 @ MTL 30	W
7	45	Sat. Sept. 14	MTL 1 @ EDM 10	L
8	48	Mon. Sept. 16	MTL 9 @ BC 20	L
9	54	Tue. Sept. 24	CGY 17 @ MTL 25	W
10	42	Sun. Sept. 29	MTL 14 @ HAM 24	L
11	59	Fri. Oct. 4	MTL 29 @ TOR 13	W
12	66	Sun. Oct. 13	TOR 20 @ MTL 34	W
13	70	Sat. Oct. 19	MTL 21 @ OTT 27	L
14	73	Thu. Oct. 24 8:00 PM	SSK 32 @ MTL 20	L
15	81	Sun. Nov. 3	HAM 49 @ MTL 21	L
P1	83	Sat. Nov. 9	MTL 5 @ OTT 17	L