The Byrd Yellow Jackets football team garnered the No. 9 seed in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's Division I playoffs. Byrd will travel to New Orleans on Thursday, Nov. 14, to face the No. 8-seed St. Augustine Purple Knights. Kickoff for the first round game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Tulane University's Yulman Stadium. 

This will be the second time in four years the Jackets and Purple Knights have faced off in the playoffs. In the 2016 Division I playoffs, St. Augustine defeated Byrd 27-15 at Tad Gormley Stadium. 

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