1963 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 12-4-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: Dave Skrien |
| Jim Champion | Assistant Coach |
| Frank Johnston | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/17/1963 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 30-27 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24076 | |
| Wed | 7/24/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 40-0 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18240 | |
| Thu | 8/1/1963 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20000 | |
| Thu | 8/8/1963 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12605 | |
| Mon | 8/12/1963 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 31-12 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27639 | |
| Mon | 8/19/1963 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 22-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31589 | |
| Mon | 8/26/1963 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 22-19 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22500 | |
| Thu | 8/29/1963 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-16 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19632 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 37-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 36659 | |
| Mon | 9/9/1963 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8-2 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15384 | |
| Mon | 9/16/1963 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-9 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31438 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1963 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-38 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26652 | |
| Mon | 9/23/1963 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-23 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20191 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1963 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 32-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32529 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 40-1 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 26-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30079 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1963 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29133 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-34 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16973 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-10 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32646 | |
| Western Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/16/1963 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16262 | |
| Western Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/20/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8-13 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26738 | |
| Western Final #3 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/23/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 36-1 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25603 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/30/1963 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-21 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 36461 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| By Bailey | 38 | DB | 5-10 | 192 | 33 | Washington State | 14 | |
| Emery Barnes | 66 | DT-E | 6-6 | 230 | 34 | Oregon | 13 | |
| Nub Beamer | 35 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Oregon State | 15 | |
| Neal Beaumont | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Walt Bilicki | 44 | LB-C | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Tom Brown | 69 | LB | 6-0 | 251 | 27 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Mack Burton | 76 | OE | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | San Francisco CC; San Jose State | 11 | |
| Mike Cacic | 67 | DT | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | none | 5 | |
| Pat Claridge | 78 | OE | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Washington | 15 | |
| Steve Cotter | 58 | OG | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 16 | |
| Lonnie Dennis | 61 | OT | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Brigham Young | 15 | |
| Norm Fieldgate | 75 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Greg Findlay | 40 | OE | 6-3 | 240 | 21 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 12 | |
| Willie Fleming | 15 | OHB | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Dick Fouts | 70 | DE | 6-6 | 233 | 29 | Missouri | 16 | |
| Bill Frank | 68 | T | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | |
| Ian Hagemoen | 42 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Tom Hinton | 54 | OG | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | |
| Sonny Homer | 21 | OHB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Grays Harbor JC | 11 | |
| Jerry Janes | 77 | OE | 6-5 | 245 | 28 | Louisiana State | 16 | |
| Joe Kapp | 22 | QB | 6-2 | 214 | 25 | California | 16 | |
| Peter Kempf | 30 | K-FB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Western Washington; British Columbia | 16 | |
| Tom Larscheid | 24 | HB | 5-8 | 170 | 23 | Utah State | 4 | |
| Bill Lasseter | 34 | DB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Mike Martin | 64 | DE-T | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Washington State | 13 | |
| Mel Melin | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Washington State | 1 | |
| Ron Morris | 18 | OHB-DB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Tulsa | 6 | |
| Bill Munsey | 20 | DB | 6-0 | 228 | 22 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Pete Ohler | 11 | DB-QB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 16 | |
| Ray Osbourne | 60 | T | 6-6 | 235 | 23 | Mississippi State | 2 | |
| Gary Schwertfeger | 41 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Montana | 15 | |
| Harvey Scott | 52 | G | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Western Ontario | 15 | |
| Paul Seale | 71 | LB | 6-3 | 223 | 21 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Oregon State | 15 | |
| Steve Shafer | 26 | DB | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Sequoias JC; Utah State | 15 | |
| Norris Stevenson | 25 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Barney Therrien | 50 | DT | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Washington | 16 | |
| Don Vicic | 36 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Ohio State | 5 | |
| Tom Walker | G | 5-11 | 212 | 22 | Iowa | 1 | ||
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 12 | Noal Bates | G | Toronto |
| 3 | 21 | Peter Kemp | C | British Columbia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 100 | 127 | 96 | 64 | 387 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 77 | 24 | 84 | 232 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 305 | 146 | 140 | 19 | 92 | 679 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 133 | 132 | 17 | 98 | 669 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kempf | 0 | 39 | 45 | 86.7 | - | - | - | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 4 | 0 | 109 |
| Nub Beamer | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Willie Fleming | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Joe Kapp | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mack Burton | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sonny Homer | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pat Claridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Neal Beaumont | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve Cotter | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Fouts | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Janes | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ron Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 45 | 39 | 45 | 86.7 | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 10 | 1 | 387 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 13 | 1 | 232 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Fleming | 127 | 1234 | 9.7 | 97 | 5 |
| Nub Beamer | 204 | 914 | 4.5 | 20 | 11 |
| Joe Kapp | 75 | 438 | 5.8 | 39 | 5 |
| Ron Morris | 25 | 110 | 4.4 | 16 | 1 |
| Bill Lasseter | 28 | 110 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Larscheid | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Ohler | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Norris Stevenson | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Neal Beaumont | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Cotter | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Jerry Janes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Munsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 489 | 2877 | 5.9 | 22 | |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 2196 | 4.7 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kapp | 339 | 183 | 54.0 | 141 | 3011 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 106 | 20 | 5.9 | 15 | 4.4 | 24 | 187 | 2824 | 85.3 |
| Pete Ohler | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 6 | 57 | 5.2 | 11.4 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 61.6 |
| Mel Melin | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 32 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 77.1 |
| Willie Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Tom Larscheid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 356 | 190 | 53.4 | 151 | 3100 | 8.7 | 16.3 | 20 | 5.6 | 15 | 4.2 | 233 | 2867 | 84.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 399 | 193 | 48.4 | 180 | 2759 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 26 | 6.5 | 204 | 2555 | 53.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Claridge | 37 | 377 | 10.2 | 25 | 2 |
| Sonny Homer | 33 | 608 | 18.4 | 54 | 3 |
| Willie Fleming | 28 | 639 | 22.8 | 106 | 7 |
| Mack Burton | 23 | 352 | 15.3 | 45 | 3 |
| Tom Larscheid | 12 | 188 | 15.7 | 62 | 0 |
| Nub Beamer | 12 | 128 | 10.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Bill Lasseter | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Peter Kempf | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Janes | 15 | 390 | 26.0 | 72 | 3 |
| Ron Morris | 15 | 242 | 16.1 | 43 | 1 |
| Bill Munsey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 190 | 3100 | 16.3 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 2759 | 14.3 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Bailey | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Munsey | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 61 | 0 |
| Neal Beaumont | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 120 | 1 |
| Paul Seale | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pete Ohler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Walt Bilicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 436 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 200 | 13.3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Beaumont | 114 | 4774 | 41.9 | 62 | 6 | |
| Ron Morris | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 65 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 116 | 4854 | 41.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 5032 | 40.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Beaumont | 50 | 230 | 4.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 24 | 120 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Ohler | 20 | 73 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Shafer | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Fouts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 112 | 449 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 595 | 5.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kempf | 62 | 3316 | 53.5 | 72 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 62 | 3316 | 53.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nub Beamer | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Willie Fleming | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Tom Larscheid | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Munsey | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Lasseter | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Steve Shafer | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerry Janes | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Claridge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 808 | 18.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1381 | 22.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nub Beamer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neal Beaumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Bilicki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Cotter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Fouts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Ian Hagemoen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hinton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Kempf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lasseter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Munsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Ohler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Schwertfeger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shafer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norris Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Therrien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 86 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
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