• "The press of other affairs forced popular Brother Mark, S.C., to ask for release from the job," reported Hap Glaudi. Brother Martin, the principal, appointed Brother Bernard Tunney, S.C., as the new AD.
• Harry "Wop" Glover returned for the second year of his second term as head coach at Rampart and Esplanade.
• Glover had a new assistant in the person of Loyola grad Johnny Altobello, the new basketball and baseball coach fresh from the U.S. Navy. Johnny had played those two sports as well as football at Warren Easton. Charles Dufour returned as line coach.
• Aloysius, like all its rivals in the Prep league, would be competing in the new AA class of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.

Wop wasn't expecting much of his Crusaders for '47 but labeled the Knights as a team to reckon with in '48.

• That assessment was based on the fact that only twelve players returned from the '46 varsity. So younger players would gain plenty of experience.
• In particular, he had to replace his entire starting backfield from '46.

• Q1: The first 24 minutes was played almost entirely in Bruin territory. An exchange of punts ended with Aloysius in possession on the Bear 31 after Campos returned Joseph "Moose" Modicut's quick kick 5y. Huey Bridges took the ball from C, raised up, and tossed to Dave Perret, who caught the pigskin on a dead run at the 16 and outdistanced the secondary to the EZ. Nick Revon booted the PAT. Switching from the T to the single wing, the Golden Bears tried to strike back. Modicut hit the line twice for a first down on the CHS 43. On the next play, Doyle Boudreaux fumbled back to the 40. Two line plays failed to gain, forcing Modicut to punt to the SA 23. On third down, Bridges faked a reverse, then took off around RE for 54y to the 19. He would have gone all the way had not Oleus Templet dived and caught him by the heel. Penalties nullified the next four plays to end the period with SA facing first-and-15 on the 24.
• Q2: Four plays into the period, the Bears took over on downs on the 16. After being forced to punt, the Capital City boys were again pushed back from the SA 36 to their own 41 before a fourth down fumble turned over the ball. The Bruins then mounted their only threat of the half. On a QB sneak, Templet went up the middle, then cut to the sidelines to the SA 34. On a quick opener, Jerry Marchand gained 11. But on the next play, Marchand fumbled and SA recovered on the 24. Five plays later, the Knights added to their lead. Campos and Adolph Laplace hit the line for 8 and 12y, then 5 more were added on an offsides penalty. On a fake reverse, Laplace thrilled the crowd with a beautiful 55y run straight through the middle to the EZ. This time, Revon's try for point failed.
• Second half: CHS took the kickoff but had to punt after three futile plays. Modicut boomed the ball from his 31 to the 8 putting SA in a hole that it never really dug out of the rest of the way. Aloysius gained only one more first down when Revon ripped off a 28y run. Marchand and Modicut broke through for long gains. One drive carried to the SA 24, another to the 23.

A "splendid crowd" of 5,000 witnessed the Crusader backs have a field day with repeated long runs against the "outclassed but spirited" Rams.

• Q1: Bill Fleming recovered a Ram fumble on the 40 on the second play of the game. On the very first snap, Lou Campos streaked off T and cut to his right for a TD before many in the crowd had gotten settled in their seats. Shortly afterwards, Campos struck again. He intercepted a Mike Trapani pass and raced 58y to the EZ.
• Q2: Laplace hit the center of the line and broke loose for 21y and a score. Adolph added the EP on a line plunge. Nick Revon tallied the fourth TD with a 28y run. Shortly afterwards, he raced 82y to pay dirt. Jerry Zimmerman ran for the point.
• Q3: On the first play from scrimmage following the kickoff, Lacey Aucoin rambled 60y around E for a TD. Bridges passed to Zimmerman for the conversion. Later in the period, Zim added two six-pointers to his two one-pointers. The first came from the 11 after a fine 42y run by Aucoin while Martin Otillio's fumble recovery set up the second, which covered just 1y.
• Q4: The Saints subs put up not one but two brilliant goal-line stands to preserve the shutout. One Ram drive carried from deep in their territory to the 1 before dying.

• Q1: The defenses set the tone for the evening during the scoreless period.
• Q2: Jesuit drew first blood only to have the Crusaders storm right back to tie the game. C Mire Thomas set up the Jay tally when he intercepted Bridges' pass and returned it 38y to the 8. From there, Petitbon scored and ran in the crucial EP. After receiving the kickoff, SA ate up chunks of ground as Revon, Laplace, and Aucoin moved the pigskin to the 8. Laplace took it the rest of the way. Bridges crossed up the Jays on the EP try, faking a run to the right before heading around LE to knot the count. During this series, Petitbon was injured making a tackle and didn't return to action.
• Q3: Jesuit took the kickoff and drove to the SA 19 where they lost the ball on downs.
• Q4: Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, future mayor of New Orleans, gave Jesuit fans hope when he intercepted Bridges' pass on the SA 39 and ran it back 5y. Robert Chaney connected with Robert Andre for 12 on fourth down to the 15. After failing to gain on the ground and seeing Chaney's pass fall incomplete, the Jays faced another fourth down. Landrieu passed to Matt Montz, but he was stopped short at the 9.

• Q1: Neither team threatened in the opening 12 minutes.
• Q2: With only a few minutes left in the half, B. J. Rice recovered a fumble on the Crusader 14. Boudreaux carried the leather twice to the 3 from where Bobby McBride strode through T for the TD. The try for point failed.
• Q3: After a series of fumbles on both sides, the Crusaders found themselves backed up to their 6. A fake punt by Laplace lost 5. On the next play, Adolph juggled a bad snap from punt formation and was nailed in the EZ by Gus Englehardt.
• Q4: A splendid punt return by Boudreaux set up the clinching TD. Ridley fielded Laplace's boot on his 27 and slipped through would-be tacklers to the SA 23. On the very first play, Guido Pizzeck slammed off tackle to pay dirt. The PAT again went awry. After an exchange of punts, Aloysius started its 66y scoring drive. Two fine end-arounds by Zimmerman and a pass from Zimmerman to Laplace moved the ball into Fortier territory. Another aerial, this one from Revon to Lou Bravo, removed the goose egg from Aloysius side of the scoreboard.

More bad news for Glover: Campos was "seriously injured" in the third period. Lou would miss the next two contests.

• Q1: The fired-up Crusaders corralled the Tigers throughout the period but could mount no offense themselves. On the Crimson's first offensive play, Revon threw an incomplete pass, the only time all afternoon Glover's crew passed on first down.
• Q2: After HC recovered a fumble at the SA 34, Lauricella ran for 6, passed to Ed Stoltz for 14, and to Don Perret for 20 and a TD. Lauricella passed to Bill Callery for the EP.
• Q3: A fine return of the kickoff by Hayden Mayeaux gave the Crossmen promising field position. The Tigers needed only four plays and two minutes to put 7 more on the board. After Lauricella and Perret made a first down on the SA 45, Hank smashed off tackle, broke into the clear thanks to great blocking at the point of attack, and went all the way down the sideline. Then the Tiger star converted. Play took place mainly in SA territory throughout the rest of the period.
• Q4: Several plays after Bridges completed a 10y pass to Lou Bravo, Tiger FB Jimmy Dunn intercepted a lateral at midfield and hoofed it to the EZ only to have the play called back for clipping. Dunn and Lauricella made several long gains to move the ball to the 5, where the Saints put up a splendid goal line stand to take possession. Registering four first downs, one more than they had made earlier in the afternoon, the Crusaders marched all the way to the HC 4. Zimmerman got the ball rolling with a 27y scamper. Bridges passed to Bravo for 19, then Aucoin sped 21 more. A few plays later, SA found themselves with first-and-goal at the 8. On third down, Beninate swept RE and was knocked out of bounds in the coffin corner at the one foot line with a half minute left. Bridges took the next snap but was thrown for a 3y loss with 20 seconds remaining. At least the Saints could claim to be the first local team to penetrate the Tigers' 35.

A small crowd saw the Crusaders score early and hold on in a game that was not as close as the score indicates.

• Q1: Late in the period, G Charles Bordlee pounced on a fumble at the Nicholls 28. Two plays later, Campos skirted LE from the 23 for the tally. Bridges passed to Bravo for the all-important extra point.
• Q2: Jerry Gaffney intercepted a Bridges pass on the SA 42. From there, the Rebels drove to a TD. QB Tommy Shepherd, former Aloysius student, sparked the drive that was climaxed by a 7y run by Eddie Fousch. The Saints stopped Shepherd's plunge for the EP.
• Q3: The Crusaders started a drive from their 22 late in the quarter that carried over into the final period.
• Q4: The Rebs finally took over on downs on the 4. Late in the period, with the issue still in doubt, the Saints took over on the Nicholls 41 and drove to the 1 to run out the clock.

The Crusaders seemed destined to the take the lead early in Q2 before fumbling at the 2. The Lumberjacks then took over the game.

• Q1: The Saints outplayed the Jacks in Q1, outgaining them 44 to 18. As the period ended, the visitors were embarked on what looked like a sure TD drive. Bravo started the threat by recovering Revon's punt on the SA 45 after it touched a member of the receiving team. Zap - Campos picked up a first down around RE. Zap - Beninate gained another the opposite way to the 30.
• Q2: A 15y penalty tacked onto Beninate's 3y gain gave the Knights a first down on the 12. Campos lost 3, but Jennings picked up 6. Bridges hit Bravo to the 2, but Beninate fumbled on the next play, Rodney Ledet recovering for Bogalusa. The Jacks clicked off a first down before bogging down. Albert Burr punted to Revon on his own 45, the scatback returning it 8y. A few plays later, Bill Graham stepped in front of Bridges' pass on the 37 and was brought down 5y short of midfield. On second down, Burr got off a beautiful quick kick that went out of bounds on the 1. Revon immediately punted out 33y to Charlie Lane who returned it 6y. After an incompletion, Lane gained 1 before SA suffered a 5y penalty. Following another passing misfire, Burr returned to the field and made a first down on a 14y ramble over RT to the 7. After still another incompletion, Lynn Wilson passed to Burr who made a beautiful one-handed catch for the TD. Burr then plunged over for the PAT. A few minutes later, the Lumberjacks scored again on a nifty 45y run off tackle by Raymond Billings.
• Q3: The action seesawed with neither team threatening.
• Q4: Lane put the Jacks in position for another tally by returning a punt from midfield to the 25. On fourth down, Wilson gained 12 to keep possession. Then Billings ran in from the 8 to make the score 20-0 after Lane's EP dive. The final 6-pointer came after the Saints lost a fumble on their 44. A 30y pass from Wilson to his brother Harry made it first down at the 13. After a 4y gain, Billings scored his third TD of the night. Aloysius finally cranked up another march that reached the Jacks' 18 as time expired.