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

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