The 1963 Northeastern State Redmen football team was an American football team that represented Northeastern State University of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, as a member of the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference (OCC) during the 1963 NAIA football season. In their second year under head coach Tracy Norwood, the Redmen compiled a perfect 11–0 record (7–0 in conference games), won the OIC championship, defeated in the All Sports Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 277 to 74. Northeastern State was ranked No. 4 in the final National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) poll.
Seven Northeastern players were selected as first-team players on the 1963 All-OCc football team: junior fullback Dan Jordan; junior center Jerry Panter; junior offensive tackle David Southard; junior offensive end Bob Wilmoth; sophomore defensive end Bill Scott; senior defensive tackle Bill Van Cleave; and senior corner linebacker Danny Cole.
The team played its home games on Gable Field in Tahlequah.
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