1963 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1963 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner Happy Hundred
Head coach Nick Skorich
Results
Record2–10–2
Division place7th NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1963 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League.

Contents

Offseason

The 1963 NFL Draft and the 1963 AFL Draft

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 15 Pittsburgh Steelers T 21–210–0–1 Franklin Field 58,205
2September 22 St. Louis Cardinals L 24–280–1–1Franklin Field60,671
3September 29 New York Giants L 14–370–2–1Franklin Field60,671
4October 6 Dallas Cowboys W 24–211–2–1Franklin Field60,671
5October 13at Washington Redskins W 37–242–2–1 D.C. Stadium 49,219
6October 20at Cleveland Browns L 7–372–3–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 75,174
7October 27at Chicago Bears L 7–162–4–1 Wrigley Field 48,514
8November 3 Cleveland Browns L 17–232–5–1Franklin Field60,671
9November 10at New York Giants L 14–422–6–1 Yankee Stadium 62,936
10November 17at Dallas Cowboys L 20–272–7–1 Cotton Bowl 23,694
11November 24 Washington Redskins L 10–132–8–1Franklin Field60,671
12December 1at Pittsburgh Steelers T 20–202–8–2 Forbes Field 16,721
13December 8at St. Louis Cardinals L 14–382–9–2 Busch Stadium 15,979
14December 15 Minnesota Vikings L 13–342–10–2Franklin Field57,403

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
New York Giants 1130.7869–3448280W3
Cleveland Browns 1040.7149–3343262W1
St. Louis Cardinals 950.6438–4341283L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 743.6367–3–2321295L1
Dallas Cowboys 4100.2863–9305378W1
Washington Redskins 3110.2142–10279398L3
Philadelphia Eagles 2102.1672–8–2242381L2

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

Awards and honors

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