1963 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1963 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJeppesen Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Prairie View A&M $^ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Southern 5 2 0 7 3 0
Texas Southern 5 2 0 7 3 0
Grambling 3 3 1 5 3 1
Arkansas AM&N 3 3 1 5 4 1
Jackson State 2 5 0 4 5 0
Wiley 2 5 0 4 5 0
Alcorn A&M 0 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1963 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Alexander Durley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–3, with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at SouthernL 6–1415,000[1]
October 5Prairie View A&ML 6–4414,000–26,000[2]
October 12at
Bishop*
Dallas, TXW 33–63,200[3]
October 19Alcorn A&M
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 38–225,000–5,400[4]
October 26at Wiley
W 34–133,000[5]
November 2at GramblingW 27–135,300[6]
November 9Jackson State
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 6–08,400[7]
November 16Arkansas AM&N
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 6–05,000[8]
November 22at
Lackland Air Force Base*
L 21–334,000
November 30vs. No. 7 Florida A&M*W 20–1421,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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