1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1963 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Wally Lemm
Home field	Sportsman's Park
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1963 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 44th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth in St. Louis. The team improved on their previous output of 4–9–1, winning nine games.^[1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 14, 1963	at Dallas Cowboys	W 34–7	36,432
2	September 22, 1963	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 28–24	60,671
3	September 29, 1963	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 23–10	28,225
4	October 6, 1963	at Minnesota Vikings	W 56–14	30,220
5	October 13, 1963	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–23	23,715
6	October 20, 1963	Green Bay Packers	L 30–7	32,224
7	October 27, 1963	at Washington Redskins	W 21–7	46,921
8	November 3, 1963	New York Giants	L 38–21	29,482
9	November 10, 1963	Washington Redskins	W 24–17	18,197
10	November 17, 1963	at Cleveland Browns	W 20–14	75,232
11	November 24, 1963	at New York Giants	W 24–17	62,992
12	December 1, 1963	Cleveland Browns	L 24–10	32,531
13	December 8, 1963	Philadelphia Eagles	W 38–14	15,979
14	December 15, 1963	Dallas Cowboys	L 28–24	12,695

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	11	3	0	.786	9–3	448	280	W3
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	9–3	343	262	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	5	0	.643	8–4	341	283	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	3	.636	7–3–2	321	295	L1
Dallas Cowboys	4	10	0	.286	3–9	305	378	W1
Washington Redskins	3	11	0	.214	2–10	279	398	L3
Philadelphia Eagles	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	242	381	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

1. 1963 St. Louis Cardinals

External links

• 1963 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com