Over the course of the season, the Lions' defense allowed an average of only 14.5 points per game while running backWillie 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. A total of seven Lions would make the CFL all-star team and Tom Brown would win the Schenley for Most Outstanding Lineman.
On September 7, a crowd of 36,659 watch the Lions versus the Calgary Stampeders, the largest crowd ever to watch a CFL regular season game at that point in time.
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.
The Lions changed their jerseys. The orange and black stripes were replaced with thick orange shoulder stripe with TV numbers including within.
1963, lions, season, 1963, lions, finished, season, first, place, western, conference, first, time, ever, with, record, head, coachdave, skrienhome, fieldempire, stadiumresultsrecord12, 4division, place1st, westplayoff, finishlost, grey, cupuniform, 1962, lion. The 1963 BC Lions finished the season in first place in the Western Conference for the first time ever with a 12 4 record 1963 BC Lions seasonHead coachDave SkrienHome fieldEmpire StadiumResultsRecord12 4Division place1st WestPlayoff finishLost Grey CupUniform 1962 BC Lions seasons 1964 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 A total of seven Lions would make the CFL all star team and Tom Brown would win the Schenley for Most Outstanding Lineman On September 7 a crowd of 36 659 watch the Lions versus the Calgary Stampeders the largest crowd ever to watch a CFL regular season game at that point in time 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 The Lions changed their jerseys The orange and black stripes were replaced with thick orange shoulder stripe with TV numbers including within Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Season standings 1 2 Season schedule 2 Playoffs 2 1 West Finals 2 2 Grey Cup 2 3 Offensive leaders 3 Awards and records 3 1 1963 CFL All Stars 4 ReferencesRegular season EditSeason standings Edit Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsBC Lions 16 12 4 0 387 232 24Calgary Stampeders 16 10 4 2 427 323 22Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 7 7 2 223 226 16Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 7 9 0 302 325 14Edmonton Eskimos 16 2 14 0 220 425 4 1 Season schedule Edit Game Date Opponent Score Result Record1 Aug 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 7 Win 1 02 Aug 12 vs Edmonton Eskimos 31 12 Win 2 03 Aug 19 vs Toronto Argonauts 22 12 Win 3 04 Aug 26 at Calgary Stampeders 22 19 Win 4 05 Aug 29 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 15 Loss 4 16 Sept 7 vs Calgary Stampeders 37 21 Win 5 17 Sept 9 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 8 2 Win 6 18 Sept 16 vs Montreal Alouettes 20 9 Win 7 19 Sept 21 at Hamilton Tiger Cats 38 21 Loss 7 210 Sept 23 at Ottawa Rough Riders 23 17 Loss 7 311 Sept 30 vs Calgary Stampeders 32 14 Win 8 312 Oct 5 at Edmonton Eskimos 40 1 Win 9 313 Oct 12 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders 26 6 Win 10 314 Oct 19 vs Edmonton Eskimos 32 6 Win 11 315 Oct 27 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34 26 Loss 11 416 Nov 3 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28 10 Win 12 4 2 Playoffs EditWest Finals Edit Western finals Game 1 BC Lions Saskatchewan RoughridersDate Away HomeNovember 16 BC Lions 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7Western finals Game 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders BC LionsDate Away HomeNovember 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 13 BC Lions 8Western finals Game 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders BC LionsDate Away HomeNovember 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 BC Lions 36BC wins the best of three series 2 1 The Lions will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game Grey Cup Edit Main article 51st Grey Cup November 30 51st Annual Grey Cup Game Empire Stadium Vancouver British ColumbiaWestern Champion Eastern ChampionBC Lions 10 Hamilton Tiger Cats 21The Hamilton Tiger Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions 3 Offensive leaders Edit Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TDJoe Kapp 3011 438 0 5Willie Fleming 1234 539 12Nub Beamer 914 128 12Sonny Homer 0 608 3Jerry Janes 0 390 3Pat Claridge 0 377 3Mack Burton 0 352 3Awards and records EditCFL 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 Edit 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 StarReferences Edit CFL ca Archived from the original on 2009 09 15 Retrieved 2017 08 23 BC Lions All Time Canadian Football League CFL Records Archived from the original on 2009 03 11 Retrieved 2009 03 08 CFL ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League Archived from the original on 2010 08 23 Retrieved 2017 08 23 This Canadian football related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1963 BC Lions season amp oldid 1106316581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
