1963 NFL SEASON

The '1963 NFL season' was the 44th regular season of the National Football League. On April 17, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle indefinitely suspended Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras for gambling on their own teams, as well as other NFL games. Both of these players were reinstated the following season. In addition, five other Detroit players were fined $2,000 each for placing bets on one game in which they did not participate.
On November 24, just two days after the assassination of President Kennedy, the NFL played its normal schedule of games.
The season ended when the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game.

Contents

Final standings

NFL Championship Game

References

Final standings

''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against''
''Note: Teams current name is included within the () if name/location has been changed''

'Eastern Conference'
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
New York Giants	11	3	0	.786	448	280
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	343	262
St. Louis Cardinals (Arizona Cardinals)	9	5	0	.643	341	283
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	3	.636	321	295
Dallas Cowboys	4	10	0	.286	305	378
Washington Redskins	3	11	0	.214	279	398
Philadelphia Eagles	2	10	2	.167	242	381

'Western Conference'
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Chicago Bears	11	1	2	.917	301	144
Green Bay Packers	11	2	1	.846	369	206
Baltimore Colts (Indianapolis Colts)	8	6	0	.571	316	285
Detroit Lions	5	8	1	.385	326	265
Minnesota Vikings	5	8	1	.385	309	390
Los Angeles Rams (St. Louis Rams)	5	9	0	.357	210	350
San Francisco 49ers	2	12	0	.143	198	391

NFL Championship Game

Chicago 14, New York 10 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, December 29, 1963

References

★ ''NFL Record and Fact Book'' (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)

★ NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)

★ 1963 season in details

★ ''Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League'' (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)