This was the first season in which Idaho scheduled ten games , but the finale at Arizona State in Tempe on November 23 was cancelled following the assassination of President Kennedy . Although many teams postponed their games for a week , ASU had a game scheduled for November 30 against rival Arizona , so the game was Idaho was a charter member of the new Big Sky Conference , but did not participate in football until 1965 , and was an independent from 1959 through 1964 . The only Big Sky opponent on the Vandals ' schedule in 1963 was conference champion , whom they shut out on the road in Pocatello ; the remainder of the opponents were in the University Division
assassination of President Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
1963 Idaho Vandals football team