1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

Summary

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.

1963 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coachWally Lemm
Home fieldBusch Stadium (I)
Results
Record9–5
Division place3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Schedule edit

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 14 at Dallas Cowboys W 34–7 1–0 Cotton Bowl 36,432
2 September 22 at Philadelphia Eagles W 28–24 2–0 Franklin Field 60,671
3 September 29 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–23 2–1 Forbes Field 28,225
4 October 6 at Minnesota Vikings W 56–14 3–1 Metropolitan Stadium 30,220
5 October 13 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–23 4–1 Busch Stadium 23,715
6 October 20 Green Bay Packers L 7–30 4–2 Busch Stadium 32,224
7 October 27 at Washington Redskins W 21–7 5–2 D.C. Stadium 46,921
8 November 3 New York Giants L 21–38 5–3 Busch Stadium 29,482
9 November 10 Washington Redskins W 24–17 6–3 Busch Stadium 18,197
10 November 17 at Cleveland Browns W 20–14 7–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 75,232
11 November 24 at New York Giants W 24–17 8–3 Yankee Stadium 62,992
12 December 1 Cleveland Browns L 10–24 8–4 Busch Stadium 32,531
13 December 8 Philadelphia Eagles W 38–14 9–4 Busch Stadium 15,979
14 December 15 Dallas Cowboys L 24–28 9–5 Busch Stadium 12,695
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings edit

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 edit

  1. ^ 1963 St. Louis Cardinals

External links edit