[1] Delaware played only eight games because the season finale, against MAC University Division runner-up Bucknell, was canceled following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The game had been heavily hyped, as Bucknell had a 3–1 conference record and could force a championship tie by winning.
[2] After the season, Delaware was named by the United Press International as the national small college football champion.
[5][7] Due to the cancellation of the Bucknell game, Brown fell 36 yards short of the school's single-season rushing record.
[8] On October 5, 1963, the Hens established a Middle Atlantic Conference record with 505 yards of total offense.