1964 CFL season

The 1964 CFL season is considered to be the 11th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the seventh Canadian Football League season.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	11	2	3	328	168	25
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	352	349	24
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	330	282	18
Edmonton Eskimos	16	4	12	0	222	458	8
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	1	14	1	270	397	3

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	3	1	329	201	21
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	5	1	313	228	17
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	192	264	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	243	332	8

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• BC and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1964

Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals

Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 7	Calgary Stampeders 25	Saskatchewan Roughriders 34
2	November 9	Saskatchewan Roughriders 6	Calgary Stampeders 51
Calgary won the total-point series by 76–40

Eastern Semi-Finals

Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date	Away	Home
November 7	Montreal Alouettes 0	Ottawa Rough Riders 27

Conference Finals

Western Finals

BC Lions vs Calgary Stampeders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 14	BC Lions 24	Calgary Stampeders 10
2	November 18	Calgary Stampeders 14	BC Lions 10
3	November 22	Calgary Stampeders 14	BC Lions 33
BC wins the best of three series 2–1

Eastern Finals

Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13	Ottawa Rough Riders 30
2	November 21	Ottawa Rough Riders 8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26
Hamilton won 2 game total-point series 39–38

Playoff bracket

Grey Cup Championship

November 28 52nd Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
BC Lions 34	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
The BC Lions are the 1964 Grey Cup Champions

CFL Leaders

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders

1964 CFL All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
• RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
• RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
• RB – Ed Buchanan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• TE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
• TE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• F – Tommy Grant, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• C – Chet Miksza, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
• OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• OG – Al Benecick, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OT – Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders
• OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

Defence

• DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DT – Mike Cacic, BC Lions
• DE – Dick Fouts, BC Lions
• DE – Peter Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• MG – Tom Brown, BC Lions
• LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Ron Brewer, Toronto Argonauts
• LB – Bobby Kuntz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Bill Munsey, BC Lions
• DB – Jerry Keeling, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Bob Ptacek, Saskatchewan Roughriders

1964 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Bernie Faloney, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• RB – Ron Stewart, Ottawa Rough Riders
• RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
• RB – Dave Thelen, Ottawa Rough Riders
• E – Ted Watkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
• E – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• F – Tommy Grant, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• C – Chet Miksza, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• OG – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
• OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• OT – Roger Kramer, Ottawa Rough Riders
• OT – Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

• DT – Ted Elsby, Montreal Alouettes
• DT – Billy Shipp, Toronto Argonauts
• DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DE – Peter Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• MG – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• LB – Ron Brewer, Toronto Argonauts
• LB – Bobby Kuntz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Ed Learn, Montreal Alouettes
• DB – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Joe Poirier, Ottawa Rough Riders

1964 Western All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Joe Kapp, BC Lions
• RB – Lovell Coleman, Calgary Stampeders
• RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – Ed Buchanan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• E – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
• E – Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders
• E – Pat Claridge, BC Lions
• F – Hugh Campbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Al Benecick, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Tom Hinton, BC Lions
• OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

Defence

• DT – Ron Atchison, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DT – Mike Cacic, BC Lions
• DE – Dick Fouts, BC Lions
• DE – Bill Whisler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• MG – Tom Brown, BC Lions
• LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Dale West, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Neal Beaumont, BC Lions
• DB – Bill Munsey, BC Lions
• DB – Jerry Keeling, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Bob Ptacek, Saskatchewan Roughriders

1964 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Lovell Coleman (RB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tommy Grant (F), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Tom Brown (LB), BC Lions
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Ralph Sazio, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Dick Shatto (RB), Toronto Argonauts
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Tom Brown (LB), BC Lions
• Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Al Irwin (WR), Montreal Alouettes
• Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Billy Cooper (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Tom Brown (MG), BC Lions