1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Ralph Sazio
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won 51st Grey Cup

The 1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East division with an 10–4 record and won the Grey Cup over the BC Lions.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	July 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–23	Win	8000	1–0
B	Aug 1	at Montreal Alouettes	23–16	Loss	19,789	1–1

Regular season

Season Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	0	312	214	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	9	5	0	326	284	18
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	277	297	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	3	11	0	202	310	6

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Aug 10	Montreal Alouettes	30–7	Win	25,709	1–0
2	Aug 15	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	5–3	Loss	12,609	1–1
2	Aug 19	at Calgary Stampeders	35–31	Loss	21,034	1–2
3	Aug 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	20–16	Win	24,271	2–2
4	Sept 2	Toronto Argonauts	7–1	Win	26,318	3–2
5	Sept 7	at Ottawa Rough Riders	28–27	Loss	19,124	3–3
6	Sept 15	at Toronto Argonauts	15–7	Loss	30,752	3–4
7	Sept 21	BC Lions	38–21	Win	26,652	4–4
8	Sept 29	Montreal Alouettes	24–14	Win	23,614	5–4
9	Oct 7	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–14	Win	15,340	6–4
10	Oct 14	Edmonton Eskimos	28–17	Win	22,642	7–4
11	Oct 20	at Toronto Argonauts	11–10	Win	21,196	8–4
12	Oct 26	Ottawa Rough Riders	11–10	Win	28,007	9–4
13	Nov 3	at Montreal Alouettes	49–21	Win	19,337	10–4

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Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
Eastern Final #1	Nov 16	at Ottawa Rough Riders	45–0	Win	20,406
Eastern Final #2	Nov 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	35–18	Loss	23,972
Grey Cup	Nov 30	BC Lions	21–10	Win	36,461

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Grey Cup

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	7	7	0	21
BC Lions	7	0	3	0	10

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References

1. http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1963/reg
2. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1963cflham.html
3. http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1963