The 1963 St. Francis Xavier University Football Team outscored their opponents 405 to 21 over eight games against Atlantic competition. The X-Men defeated McGill University, and former U.S. college quarterback Tom Skypeck, 14-7 at the St. F.X. homecoming. They also took the Ontario Conference powerhouse, the University of Toronto Blues, 15-9 in the 1963 Atlantic Bowl, capping an undefeated season at 10-0.

Coach Don Loney, who was inducted as a builder to the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 1981, led many stellar X-Men teams in his career at StFX (his 1966 team was inducted to the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 1994). He has called the 1963 StFX football team the best X-Men team he ever coached.

Members of the team were: Carl Alguire, Eddie Amaral, Doug Billing, Jim Bowes, Mike Brosseau, Jim Burke, Ken Bussey, Howie Carty, Gary Ceppetelli, Steve Connolly, Ronald Chisholm, Bill Crean, Tom Delaney, Bob Doherty, Joe Franciose, Terry Gilead, Paul Girard, Terry Gorman, John Herold, Phil Hughes, Ben Kuzmic, Wayne Long, Chuck Lyons, Dan McCarthy, Tom McGowan, Jerome MacDonald, Dave Merry, Pat McMenamin, Richard Moloy, Jim Muska, Gord Pranschke, Jon Purcell, Paul Rusyniak, Bruce Racicot, Terry Ryan, Guy Roy, Todd Scott, Roger Sevigny, John Shaw, Phil St. John, Gerald Strong, Pete Travis, Jim Ward, Peter White, Dick White (coaches) Packy McFarland, and Don Loney