1963 All-America college football team

The 1963 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1963. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1963 season are the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, the Central Press Association, the Football Writers Association of America, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Sporting News, and the United Press International.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1963, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. Four players were unanimously chosen as first-team All-Americans by all seven official selectors. They were: [1963 1963 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy] quarterback Roger Staubach, who was awarded the 1963 Heisman Trophy; Illinois center/linebacker Dick Butkus, won the 1963 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten Conference's Most Valuable Player; tackle Scott Appleton who won the Outland Trophy and led the Texas Longhorns football team to a national championship; and [1963 1963 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska] guard Bob "The Boomer" Brown, who was the second player chosen in the 1964 NFL draft. Staubach, Butkus and Brown were each subsequently inducted into both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fames. The consensus All-American team also included College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Gale Sayers and Carl Eller.
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Scott Appleton	Tackle	Texas	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Bob Brown	Guard	Nebraska	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Dick Butkus	Center	Illinois	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Roger Staubach	Quarterback	Navy	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Rick Redman	Guard	[1963 1963 Washington Huskies football team\|Washington Huskies football team\|Washington]	6/7	AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, WC
Carl Eller	Tackle	[1963 1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\|Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\|Minnesota]	5/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Gale Sayers	Halfback	Kansas	5/7	AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, WC
Vern Burke	End	Oregon State	4/7	AFCA, CP, FWAA, UPI	FN, WC
Larry Elkins	End	Baylor	3/7	CP, NEA, SN	FN, WC
Sherman Lewis	Halfback	Michigan State	3/7	AP, CP, UPI	FN, WC
Jim Grisham	Fullback	[1963 1963 Oklahoma Sooners football team\|Oklahoma Sooners football team\|Oklahoma]	3/7	CP, NEA, SN	FN
Paul Martha	Back-Safety	[1963 1963 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\|Pittsburgh Panthers football team\|Pittsburgh]	3/7	CP, NEA, SN	FN