1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

The 1963 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 44th year for 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 coach	Wally Lemm
Home stadium	Busch Stadium (I)
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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Schedule

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

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	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.

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	11	1	2	.917	10–1–1	301	144	W2
Green Bay Packers	11	2	1	.846	9–2–1	369	206	W2
Baltimore Colts	8	6	0	.571	7–5	316	285	W3
Detroit Lions	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	326	265	L1
Minnesota Vikings	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	309	390	W1
Los Angeles Rams	5	9	0	.357	5–7	210	350	L2
San Francisco 49ers	2	12	0	.143	1–11	198	391	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.