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Jesuit has won eight football state championships in 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1960, and 2014. The Jesuit football team played for a state championship during the 2014 season against the John Curtis Patriots. It was the Blue Jays' first championship game appearance since 1978 against St. Augustine. Jesuit defeated John Curtis 17–14 ...
The New Orleans Times–Picayune sponsored a game (for the state championship [36]) between two city schools, Easton and New Orleans Jesuit. The two schools had tied 6–6 earlier in the season, so the game was seen as an opportunity to both break the tie and to serve as a fundraiser for the newspaper's Doll and Toy Fund drive for needy ...
John Petitbon (June 4, 1931 – November 11, 2006) was an American football player. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Petitbon was a three-sport star in baseball, basketball, and football at Jesuit High School. He was named the Louisiana All-State Most Valuable Player in football in 1946, and led Jesuit with 18 touchdowns in 1946 and 17 in ...
WLAE-TV 32 in New Orleans has produced a documentary named Glory Days, with part 1, focusing on the 1950s and 60s, airing in November 2010, and part 2 airing in September 2012, which tells the tale of the 1970s, when the Catholic League was regarded as the toughest high school sporting district in America. More parts are planned.
Moreau grew up in New Orleans and attended Jesuit High School, where he played high school football and basketball. [1] As a High School senior, Moreau caught 34 passes for 454 yards and six touchdowns as the Blue Jays won the LHSAA Division I state championship.
Jesuit High School (New Orleans) Holy Cross School (New Orleans) 57–40–1 [131] (not including a 1937 JHS win later ruled "no contest" by the LHSAA) [132] 1922 JHS and HCS, both longtime members of the New Orleans-area "Catholic League" district of the LHSAA, compete annually [133] in Louisiana's second-oldest high school football rivalry ...
Holy Cross football vs. Jesuit football is one of the oldest continuous high school rivalry in Louisiana. The first game was played in 1922 (which Jesuit won 52–0). [11] The two teams have played every year since, including twice in 1963 (once in regular season and again for the state crown, which Holy Cross won).
Petitbon was born in New Orleans on April 18, 1938 to a French immigrant father and American mother. [6] [7] He attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans, where he played on the football team, winning a state championship. [8]