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Moving the Game – A History

Hurricane Joaquin ain’t so bad. Saturday’s schedule shift isn’t first time a scheduled game has been moved. Unfortunately many of the other incidents were brought on by darker circumstances. Adapted from a 2009 post, here’s a look at a few of those:

1963 – Kennedy
The assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963 moved out the Ohio State game which was scheduled to be played in Ann Arbor the next day.

Played November 30, 1963, scheduled November 23, 1963

Back in 2009 I was able to connect with Dr. Barry Dehlin, a sophomore on Bump Elliott’s 1963 crew, and asked him about his memories of the days surrounding the assassination.