Football Champions Since 1955
Bold indicates that the team won the state championship. Italic indicates that the team was state runner-up.
- St. Augustine (15) — 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2010
- Jesuit (15) — 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011
- Archbishop Shaw (14) — 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Rummel (14) — 1973, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
- Brother Martin (10) — 1971, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2007, 2008
- Holy Cross (8) — 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1983, 1995, 2002
- De La Salle (4) — 1957, 1961, 1968, 1969
- Redemptorist (2) — 1956, 1957
- Terrebonne (2) — 1964, 1965 (only public school to win share of Catholic League championship)
- St. Aloysius (2) — 1955, 1957
In addition, the following teams have played for the state championship without winning district:
- 1963: Jesuit
- 1978: Jesuit
- 1987: Shaw (won state championship)
- 1989: Brother Martin
- 2000: Shaw
The state championships won by the Catholic League
- Jesuit; 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1960
- St. Augustine; 1975, 1978, 1979
- Holy Cross; 1945, 1963
- Archbishop Shaw; 1987
- Brother Martin; 1971
- Archbishop Rummel; 2012
Holy Name of Mary won in a lower division in 1955, two years before their only season in the Catholic League.
Rummel ended a 25-year state football championship drought for Catholic League members by winning the 2012 Class 5A championship, defeating Barbe 35-14 in the title game. Prior to Rummel, the last Catholic League team to win the state championship was Archbishop Shaw in 1987. Shaw was also Class 4A state runner-up three straight years from 2006-2008, albeit not as a member of the Catholic League.
Three state championship games, in 1963 (Holy Cross 13, Jesuit 6), 1971 (Brother Martin 23, St. Augustine 0) and 1978 (St. Augustine 14, Jesuit 7), have been all-Catholic League affairs. Each game drew more than 25,000 fans; the 1978 Jesuit-St. Augustine game drew more than 42,000 in the first state championship game to be contested in the Louisiana Superdome.
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