The November 25 edition of the New York Times contained a lengthy feature article on the pair of football games Brother Martin played against Neville in 1972.

• Meeting in the AAAA semifinals for the second year in a row, the teams tied 0-0 at City Park Stadium. With no provision for overtime yet, the tie-breakers were first downs and penetrations of the opponent's 20. But both those were tied as well.
• The LHSAA Executive Board ordered the game replayed the following Tuesday in Alexandria. Neville won 8-0 in a driving rainstorm. Then, to top off the story, the Tigers, playing their third game in eight days, defeated Airline 6-0 for the state championship.
• The author of the article, Jere Longman, was a high school student in Eunice LA in 1972. He was reminded of the game last December when he came across an article on the death of Charlie Brown, Neville's coach in 1972. It also struck Jere that 2012 would be the 40th anniversary of the games, which, as far as he could determine, were unique in high school football history.
• Jere came to New Orleans at the beginning of October and spoke by phone to Chubby Marks and a half dozen Crusaders who played in the game. He then went to Monroe and gathered stories from the Neville side.

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