Most of the games that had been scheduled for '' ' November 23 ' '' , ' '' 1963 ' '' were postponed after the assassination of President Kennedy the day before . North Carolina State had played a Friday night game against Wake Forest , winning 42 – 0 , and the Big Ten games were set to continue until Michigan Governor George Romney received a Saturday morning cancellation from Big Ten commissioner Bill Reed . The Pitt-Penn State game was postponed . The annual Oklahoma-Nebraska game , which would determine the Big Eight championship , was played as scheduled in Lincoln . Nebraska won 29 – 20 , finishing 7 – 0 in Big 8 play ahead of the 6 – 1 Sooners . The same day , Auburn beat Florida State 21 – 15 . In the Battle for the Rag , LSU defeated Tulane 20 – 0 in the most recent daytime game at Tiger Stadium not to be televised . The AP poll remained at 1 . Texas 2 . Navy 3 . Mississippi 4 . Michigan State 5 . Pitt
assassination of President Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
1963 NCAA University Division football season