1963 NFL season

1963 NFL season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 14 –
December 29, 1963
East ChampionsNew York Giants
West ChampionsChicago Bears
Championship Game
ChampionsChicago Bears
1963 NFL season is located in the United States
Eagles
Eagles
Browns
Browns
Giants
Giants
Cardinals
Cardinals
Steelers ....
Steelers ....
.... Redskins
.... Redskins
Cowboys
Cowboys
Packers
Packers
Lions
Lions
49ers
49ers
Colts
Colts
Bears
Bears
Rams
Rams
Vikings
Vikings
NFL teams: West, East

The 1963 NFL season was the 44th regular season of the National Football League.

On April 17, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle suspended Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras indefinitely for gambling on their own teams, as well as other NFL games; Hornung and Karras would miss the entire season, while five of Karras' teammates were fined $2,000 each for placing bets on a game in which they did not participate.

This was the final season of the 37-man roster; it was expanded to forty for 1964.[1]

The season ended with the Chicago Bears defeating the New York Giants at Wrigley Field in the NFL Championship Game.

  1. ^ "NFL keeps ties same, ups rosters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 29, 1964. p. 3, part 2.