Phoenix Cardinals Team History
Cardinals Relocate to Phoenix
Not long after the 1987 season, Bidwill agreed to move to the Phoenix area on a handshake deal with state and local officials, and the team became the Phoenix Cardinals. They planned to play at Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe on a temporary basis while a new stadium was being built. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the savings and loan crisis derailed financing for the stadium, forcing the Cardinals to play at Arizona State for 18 years.
The Phoenix Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States.
Established
1920
City
Chicago – St. Louis – Phoenix
League History
1920 – Present National Football League
Nickname
Cardinals – The “Cardinals” began play in Chicago in 1898 before moving to St. Louis in 1960 and Arizona in 1988. See the nickname description of the Chicago Cardinals.
Team History
1994 – Present Arizona Cardinals
1988 – 1993 Phoenix Cardinals
1960 – 1987 St. Louis Cardinals
1945 – 1959 Chicago Cardinals
1944 Card-Pitt
1920 – 1943 Chicago Cardinals
Championship
Super Bowl 0
NFL Championship 0
1947, 1925
Stadium
2006 – Present University of Phoenix Stadium
1988 – 2005 Sun Devil Stadium
*St. Louis*
1966 – 1987 Busch Memorial Stadium
1960 – 1965 Busch Stadium
*Chicago*
1959 Soldier Field & Metropolitan Stadium
1922 – 1925, 1929 – 1958 Comiskey Park
1920 – 1921, 1926 – 1928 Normal Park
Owner
1972 – Present Bill Bidwill
1962 – 1972 Bill Bidwill and Charles Bidwill, Jr.
1947 – 1962 Violet Bidwill Wolfner
1933 – 1947 Charles Bidwill
1929 – 1933 Dr. David Jones
1898 – 1929 Chris O’Brien
Retired Number
8 Larry Wilson
40 Pat Tillman
77 Stan Mauldin
88 J. V. Cain
99 Marshall Goldberg
Mascot
1998 – Present Big Red
*Blue is this team’s history