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re: Is NOLA a Saints or Tigers town?
Posted on 9/7/25 at 8:57 pm to BRich
Posted on 9/7/25 at 8:57 pm to BRich
It also depends on if you're literally just asking about Orleans Parish (the city of New Orleans) or if are you including the other south shore parishes like Jefferson Parish which are suburbs for New Orleans.
Just New Orleans/Orleans Parish:
68% LSU, 17% Tulane, 10% Ole Miss/Louisiana-Lafayette/other Louisiana schools, 5% other.
New Orleans Metro Area (Including Jefferson Parish):
75% LSU, 10% Tulane, 10% Ole Miss/Louisiana-Lafayette/other Louisiana schools, 5% other.
By comparison, easily 95% of the New Orleans Metro Area are Saints fans. The only people who aren't Saints fans are people from other areas who bring their fandom with them. Heck, even some people who move to New Orleans will adopt the Saints. That's the difference. People who move to New Orleans a lot of times will start cheering for the Saints. Very few of those same people who move to New Orleans are going to care about LSU.
There's also more people in New Orleans who could care less about sports, whereas once you get out into Louisiana, there are very few people who don't care about sports. New Orleans is a pro town and Baton Rouge is a college town.
Just New Orleans/Orleans Parish:
68% LSU, 17% Tulane, 10% Ole Miss/Louisiana-Lafayette/other Louisiana schools, 5% other.
New Orleans Metro Area (Including Jefferson Parish):
75% LSU, 10% Tulane, 10% Ole Miss/Louisiana-Lafayette/other Louisiana schools, 5% other.
By comparison, easily 95% of the New Orleans Metro Area are Saints fans. The only people who aren't Saints fans are people from other areas who bring their fandom with them. Heck, even some people who move to New Orleans will adopt the Saints. That's the difference. People who move to New Orleans a lot of times will start cheering for the Saints. Very few of those same people who move to New Orleans are going to care about LSU.
There's also more people in New Orleans who could care less about sports, whereas once you get out into Louisiana, there are very few people who don't care about sports. New Orleans is a pro town and Baton Rouge is a college town.
This post was edited on 9/7/25 at 9:00 pm
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Posted on 9/7/25 at 9:23 pm to SWLA92
quote:So not dissimilar from the rest of the state. It has its problems but at least it’s not a completely forgettable wasteland that still experiences most of the same issues.
The city and its leadership is an embarrassment
SWLA is the single worst part of the state if you aren’t in industrial construction or energy.
This post was edited on 9/7/25 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 9/7/25 at 9:24 pm to TigersHuskers
Baton Rouge hates New Orleans. New Orleans doesn’t know Baton Rouge exists.
Posted on 9/7/25 at 9:49 pm to TigersHuskers
Some good points in this thread.
But here's the thing-- there is definitely a historical/racial component to LSU/Saints fandom in New Orleans, one that is changing, but which still exists.
First of all, it is a statistical fact that sometime in the 1960s, the City of New Orleans became a majority black city. In the 1960 census, whites were the majority at 60%. In the 1970 census, blacks were the majority at just over 55%.
When the Saints first took the field in 1967, LSU was only three years from having its first black student (in 1964). There were NO black players on LSU's football team until the 1972 season. Look at any crowd photos from that time period (1964--1972); you will be hard pressed to see any black faces.
On the other hand, the Saints from the get-go had no segregated seating; a black man could buy a season ticket the same as any white resident-- and could buy a seat in the same section and right next to a white person. The Saints started their 1st season with a mix of white and black players-- heck, their 1st play ever was a kick return for a touchdown by a black player, John Gilliam. So, the older black generation had an immediate connection to the Saints and openly supported them. They traditionally had no such connection to LSU, a school that up until 1964 they could not attend.
You can also look at college attendance rates of blacks in the metro area, still much less likely to have a family member as an alumnus of or current student at LSU (or any other college in general). So, still much less likely to be a fan of LSU.
Again, this has been changing big time over the last 25 -30 years. When I was in high school in the early 80s you rarely saw St. Aug football players go to LSU; instead you had players like Leroy Hoard go to Michigan. We've seen change since then, with guys like Tyrann Mathieu and Leonard Fournette staying in state and starring at LSU. And black students from New Orleans are much more likely to attend LSU than they were 40 years ago.
Still, as I noticed as I was walking to the Superdome today after going to the LSU game yesterday, the Saints game is still a much more racially mixed crowd, with tailgating being almost exclusively black folks.
Having lived in Atlanta for several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the same situation and history exists re: the Falcons and UGA up there amongst black residents. However, unlike in New Orleans, there are so many new residents and transplants compared to natives that it seemed like the clear majority of Falcons fans were black/African-American, probably long-time residents. It certainly looked that way the day after the 2019 SEC championship, when we passed by Mercedes-Benz Stadium and crowds were heading into the stadium fot a Falcons game.
TL; DR: New Orleans has a lot of black folks, who have always loved the Saints and traditionally had no connection to LSU.
But here's the thing-- there is definitely a historical/racial component to LSU/Saints fandom in New Orleans, one that is changing, but which still exists.
First of all, it is a statistical fact that sometime in the 1960s, the City of New Orleans became a majority black city. In the 1960 census, whites were the majority at 60%. In the 1970 census, blacks were the majority at just over 55%.
When the Saints first took the field in 1967, LSU was only three years from having its first black student (in 1964). There were NO black players on LSU's football team until the 1972 season. Look at any crowd photos from that time period (1964--1972); you will be hard pressed to see any black faces.
On the other hand, the Saints from the get-go had no segregated seating; a black man could buy a season ticket the same as any white resident-- and could buy a seat in the same section and right next to a white person. The Saints started their 1st season with a mix of white and black players-- heck, their 1st play ever was a kick return for a touchdown by a black player, John Gilliam. So, the older black generation had an immediate connection to the Saints and openly supported them. They traditionally had no such connection to LSU, a school that up until 1964 they could not attend.
You can also look at college attendance rates of blacks in the metro area, still much less likely to have a family member as an alumnus of or current student at LSU (or any other college in general). So, still much less likely to be a fan of LSU.
Again, this has been changing big time over the last 25 -30 years. When I was in high school in the early 80s you rarely saw St. Aug football players go to LSU; instead you had players like Leroy Hoard go to Michigan. We've seen change since then, with guys like Tyrann Mathieu and Leonard Fournette staying in state and starring at LSU. And black students from New Orleans are much more likely to attend LSU than they were 40 years ago.
Still, as I noticed as I was walking to the Superdome today after going to the LSU game yesterday, the Saints game is still a much more racially mixed crowd, with tailgating being almost exclusively black folks.
Having lived in Atlanta for several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the same situation and history exists re: the Falcons and UGA up there amongst black residents. However, unlike in New Orleans, there are so many new residents and transplants compared to natives that it seemed like the clear majority of Falcons fans were black/African-American, probably long-time residents. It certainly looked that way the day after the 2019 SEC championship, when we passed by Mercedes-Benz Stadium and crowds were heading into the stadium fot a Falcons game.
TL; DR: New Orleans has a lot of black folks, who have always loved the Saints and traditionally had no connection to LSU.
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:03 pm to BRich
While a bunch of what you say historically is true, now Nola transplants and predominantly white Tulane folks are more likely to represent who doesn't like LSU than random black Nola resident.
This post was edited on 9/7/25 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:04 pm to BRich
quote:
TL; DR: New Orleans has a lot of black folks, who have always loved the Saints and traditionally had no connection to LSU.
I’m not black but that describes me
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:40 pm to TigersHuskers
Saints and its not even close
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:46 pm to BRich
St Tammany & Jefferson Parish are probably 90%++ LSU fans like most places in Louisiana.
Orleans is weird due to the hippies & genderqueers who probably went to liberal art schools
Orleans is weird due to the hippies & genderqueers who probably went to liberal art schools
This post was edited on 9/7/25 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:48 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:no
I’m not black but that describes me
it don’t, you’re from Chalmette, most parish people love LSU more than the saints lol you’re not even
from orleans parish
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:54 pm to neworleansnotsouthla
quote:
no
it don’t, you’re from Chalmette, most parish people love LSU more than the saints lol you’re not even
from orleans parish
I can get in my car, put on a song, and be in Orleans before it’s over
Originally from Metairie
I’m not as true of a parish person as some, thank godThis post was edited on 9/7/25 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 9/7/25 at 10:56 pm to TigersHuskers
95% of NOLA are Saints fans.
60% of NOLA are LSU fans
Roughly
60% of NOLA are LSU fans
Roughly
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:05 am to TigersHuskers
New Orleans is definitely a Saints town. Speculating numbers, but I’d say 85% of the residents are Saints fans (some transplants adopt the Saints or root for the team where they moved from). For example, Markey’s has a lot of PA/Philly folk that root for the Eagles. As far as LSU, it’s still the majority, but I’d say 60-70% pull for LSU, and the remaining is split between Tulane/Alabama/Ole Miss/Georgia. Some go to small, private colleges (Rhodes, Sewanee, Washington and Lee, etc) and they don’t particularly pull for LSU.
It still stands that New Orleans has an Uptown/Garden District elite that believe for whatever reason that LSU is inferior, despite the families going to similar SEC schools or the smaller, aforementioned private schools .
It still stands that New Orleans has an Uptown/Garden District elite that believe for whatever reason that LSU is inferior, despite the families going to similar SEC schools or the smaller, aforementioned private schools .
This post was edited on 9/8/25 at 6:35 am
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:15 am to Sun God
quote:That’s not really true
the ones that aren’t fans fricking hate LSU with the fury of a million exploding suns
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:31 am to chalmetteowl
quote:
We think more about Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas
I promise you that those cities don’t think about you.
Nola has way more in common with BR than the cities you named.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:39 am to mule74
Some of you who dislike New Orleans seem very passionate about making sure you let everyone know you don’t like it.
Very weird.
Very weird.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:45 am to mule74
quote:
Nola has way more in common with BR than the cities you named.
Who are BR’s pro teams?
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:53 am to Swagga
quote:
Some of you who dislike New Orleans seem very passionate about making sure you let everyone know you don’t like it.
I don’t hate New Orleans at all. I was pointing out that it’s a absurd to compare it to Houston, Atlanta, or Dallas.
I think the idea that people from New Orleans think their city is in the same realm as these cities is “very weird.”
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:55 am to chalmetteowl
quote:
Who are BR’s pro teams?
Congrats. You’re right up there with Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:09 am to BRich
quote:
WTF are "Aneticans"?
A land with crazy autocorrect and clumsy thumbs from coast to coast.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:57 pm to texas tortilla
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