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1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

{{short description|NFL team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

| team = St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

| teamdisplay = St. Louis Cardinals

| year = 1963

| record = 9–5

| division_place = 3rd NFL Eastern

| coach = Wally Lemm

| stadium = Busch Stadium (I)

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| shortnavlink = Cardinals seasons

}}

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.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1963.htm 1963 St. Louis Cardinals] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.

Schedule

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style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1963|border=2}}"| Week

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!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1963|border=2}}"| Opponent

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1963|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1963|border=2}}"| Record

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1963|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1963|border=2}}"| Attendance

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! 1

| {{dow tooltip|September 14, 1963}}

| at Dallas Cowboys

| W 34–7

| 1–0

| Cotton Bowl

| 36,432

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! 2

| September 22

| at Philadelphia Eagles

| W 28–24

| 2–0

| Franklin Field

| 60,671

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! 3

| September 29

| at Pittsburgh Steelers

| L 10–23

| 2–1

| Forbes Field

| 28,225

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! 4

| October 6

| at Minnesota Vikings

| W 56–14

| 3–1

| Metropolitan Stadium

| 30,220

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! 5

| October 13

| Pittsburgh Steelers

| W 24–23

| 4–1

| Busch Stadium

| 23,715

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! 6

| October 20

| Green Bay Packers

| L 7–30

| 4–2

| Busch Stadium

| 32,224

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! 7

| October 27

| at Washington Redskins

| W 21–7

| 5–2

| D.C. Stadium

| 46,921

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! 8

| November 3

| New York Giants

| L 21–38

| 5–3

| Busch Stadium

| 29,482

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! 9

| November 10

| Washington Redskins

| W 24–17

| 6–3

| Busch Stadium

| 18,197

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! 10

| November 17

| at Cleveland Browns

| W 20–14

| 7–3

| Cleveland Municipal Stadium

| 75,232

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! 11

| November 24

| at New York Giants

| W 24–17

| 8–3

| Yankee Stadium

| 62,992

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! 12

| December 1

| Cleveland Browns

| L 10–24

| 8–4

| Busch Stadium

| 32,531

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! 13

| December 8

| Philadelphia Eagles

| W 38–14

| 9–4

| Busch Stadium

| 15,979

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! 14

| December 15

| Dallas Cowboys

| L 24–28

| 9–5

| Busch Stadium

| 12,695

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|colspan="8"| Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

{{1963 NFL Eastern standings}}

{{1963 NFL Western standings}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Arizona Cardinals}}

{{Arizona Cardinals seasons}}

{{1963 NFL season by team}}

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