The 1963 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the

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in the

1963 Big Ten Conference football season The 1963 Big Ten Conference football season was the 68th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The 1963 Illinois Fighting Illini foo ...

. Led by third-year head coach

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, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 3–3–2 with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, placing eighth in the Big Ten. The team played home games at

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. Iowa's game against Notre Dame was canceled on November 23,, following the

assassination of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was in the vehicle with ...

one day earlier.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Washington State

Washington

Indiana

Wisconsin

Purdue

Ohio State

Minnesota

Michigan

Players in the 1964 NFL Draft

References

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