1980 1986 2012 2013 2018 2019 Cardinals win their first NCAA men’s basketball championship In 1980: The Cardinals win their first NCAA men’s basketball championship under coach Denny Crum. See Full Story 1986 Louisville Cardinals Basketball Champs The 1986 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men’s NCAA …
St. Louis Cardinals Team History
1882 1926 – 1931 1934 – 1944 1946 – 1967 1982 2006 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Team Formation After the American Association collapsed, the National League re-enrolled St. Louis to raise the total to twelve. The St. Louis Cardinals have had perpetual affiliation since. Their inaugural season of reentry was largely a disappointment their winning percentage plunged from .625 in …
Chicago Cardinals Team History
1920 1925 1944 1947 1959 Chicago Cardinals Team Formation In 1898, Chicago painting and building contractor Chris O’Brien established an amateur Chicago-based athletic club football team named the Morgan Athletic Club. O’Brien later moved them to Chicago’s Normal Park and renamed them the Racine Normals, since Normal Park was located on Racine Avenue in Chicago. In 1901, O’Brien bought used …
St. Louis Cardinals (Football) Team History
1960 1984 Moving to St. Louis Chicago Cardinals owner Violet Bidwill had married St. Louis businessman Walter Wolfner in 1949, two years after inheriting the team from her late first husband, Charles Bidwill. When it became obvious that the Cardinals could no longer hope to compete with the Chicago Bears, a move to St. Louis seemed to make sense. The …
Phoenix Cardinals Team History
1988 1990 1991 1993 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 …
Arizona Cardinals Team History
1994 1998 2006 2008 2009 2014 2015 Name Change to Arizona Cardinals In March 1994, Bill Bidwill renamed the team the Arizona Cardinals due to fan preference, Bidwill had initially resisted the name “Arizona Cardinals” due to the NFL’s tradition of team names that identified home cities, although the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots were longstanding exceptions and the …
