| 1963 CFL season | |
| Duration: | June – October, 1963 |
| Conf1: | East |
| Conf1 Champ: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Conf2: | West |
| Conf2 Champ: | BC Lions |
| Finals: | 51st Grey Cup |
| Finals Date: | November 30, 1963 |
| Finals Venue: | Empire Stadium, Vancouver |
| Finals Champ: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Prevseason Year: | 1962 |
| Nextseason Year: | 1964 |
| Seasonslist: | List of Canadian Football League seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | CFL |
The 1963 CFL season is considered to be the tenth season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the sixth Canadian Football League season.
Charter Membership into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame started on June 19.
Average attendance exceeded 20,000 spectators per game for the first time in league history. The league has consistently drawn at least that number of fans to its games ever since.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
| BC Lions | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 387 | 232 | 24 | |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 427 | 323 | 22 | |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 223 | 266 | 16 | |
| 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 302 | 325 | 14 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 425 | 4 |
| 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 | |
| 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 202 | 310 | 6 |
Note: All dates in 1963
| Game | Date | Away | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 9 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 9 | Calgary Stampeders 35 | |
| 2 | November 11 | Calgary Stampeders 12 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 39 | |
| Saskatchewan won the total-point series 48–47 | ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 16 | BC Lions 19 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 7 | |
| 2 | November 20 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 13 | BC Lions 8 | |
| 3 | November 23 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 | BC Lions 36 | |
| BC wins the best of three series 2–1 | ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 16 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45 | Ottawa Rough Riders 0 | |
| 2 | November 24 | Ottawa Rough Riders 35 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 | |
| Hamilton won total-point series 63–35 | ||||
| November 3051st Annual Grey Cup Game | |
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| Eastern Champion | |
| BC Lions 10 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21 |
| The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1963 Grey Cup Champions | |