1963-67 CFL Season Recaps

Originally published on Dec. 19, 2020

By Zane Miller

In seasons six through 10 of the Canadian Football League, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup in three out of the five years. The Tiger-Cats defeated the BC Lions 21-10 in 1963, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22-16 in 1965 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders 24-1 in 1967, while the BC Lions took down the Tiger-Cats 34-24 in 1964 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders won 29-14 over the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1966.

The player taking home the most Most Outstanding Player Awards during this span was Rough Riders quarterback Russ Jackson, who won the award in 1963 and 1966 with a combined 36 passing touchdowns and 5,310 passing yards in those two seasons.

1963 MVP: Russ Jackson (Ottawa Rough Riders, QB)- 19 TD & 2,910 yds passing

1964 MVP: Lovell Coleman (Calgary Stampeders, RB)- 10 TD & 1,629 yds rushing

1965 MVP: George Reed (Saskatchewan Roughriders, RB)- 12 TD & 1,768 yds rushing

1966 MVP: Russ Jackson (Ottawa Rough Riders, QB)- 17 TD & 2,400 yds passing

1967 MVP: Peter Liske (Calgary Stampeders, QB)- 40 TD & 4,479 yds passing

1963 best record: BC Lions (12-4) Worst record: Edmonton Eskimos (2-14)

1964 best record: BC Lions (11-2-3) Worst record: Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1-14-1)

1965 best record: Calgary Stampeders (12-4) Worst record: Toronto Argonauts (3-11)

1966 best record: Ottawa Rough Riders (11-3) Worst record: BC Lions (5-11)

1967 best record: Calgary Stampeders (12-4) Worst record: Montreal Alouettes (2-12)

1963 playoffs

Out in first round: Calgary Stampeders (W 35-9 & L 39-12 to Roughriders), Montreal Alouettes (L 17-5 to Rough Riders)

Out in second round: Saskatchewan Roughriders (L 19-7, W 13-8 & L 36-1 to Lions), Ottawa Rough Riders (L 45-0 & W 35-18 to Tiger-Cats)

1964 playoffs

Out in first round: Saskatchewan Roughriders (W 34-25 & L 51-6 to Stampeders), Montreal Alouettes (L 27-0 to Rough Riders)

Out in second round: Calgary Stampeders (L 24-10, W 14-10 & L 33-14 to Lions), Ottawa Rough Riders (W 30-13 & L 26-8 to Tiger-Cats)

1965 playoffs

Out in first round: Saskatchewan Roughriders (L 15-9 to Blue Bombers), Montreal Alouettes (L 36-7 to Rough Riders)

Out in second round: Calgary Stampeders (W 27-9, L 15-11 & L 19-12 to Blue Bombers), Ottawa Rough Riders (L 18-13 & L 17-7 to Tiger-Cats)

1966 playoffs

Out in first round: Montreal Alouettes (L 24-14 to Tiger-Cats), Edmonton Eskimos (L 16-8 to Blue Bombers)

Out in second round: Winnipeg Blue Bombers (L 14-7 & L 21-19 to Roughriders), Hamilton Tiger-Cats (L 30-1 & L 42-16 to Rough Riders)

1967 playoffs

Out in first round: Toronto Argonauts (L 38-22 to Rough Riders), Edmonton Eskimos (L 21-5 to Roughriders)

Out in second round: Calgary Stampeders (W 15-11, L 11-9 & L 17-13 to Roughriders), Ottawa Rough Riders (L 11-3 & L 26-0 to Tiger-Cats)

Grey Cup results

 

Link to stats database: https://www.cflapedia.com/Years/1963details.html through https://www.cflapedia.com/Years/1967details.html