NFL Empires: 1963

This is a continuation of my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most such imperialism sports maps, instead of gaining all the loser's land from a victory home or away, the victor only gets territory for an away victory, and just two-thirds of it (or one-third for an away tie).

There were no changes to the teams from the previous season.

My data was from Pro Football Reference and most of the logos from SportsLogos.net and Sports Ecyclopedia.

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1963 season:

Chicago (light blue) beat New York (dark blue) for the championship, but the game was in Chicago, so they gained no land. Green Bay (kelly green) saw their empire shrink drastically this year, despite coming in second in the West. They started the season with a loss to Chicago and never recovered. Minnesota (violet) controlled a large empire for the first time (despite a losing record), thanks to a late-season draw at Chicago and victory at Philadelphia (dark green). By Eastern Conference standards, Cleveland (brown) had a large empire, as they came in second place in the East.

Here is the map before the season started:

Oh yeah. Detroit nearly disappeared, too.