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Arizona Cardinals


Helmet	Logo

Information
League	National Football League
Conference	NFC
Division	NFC West
Established	1898 (joined NFL in 1920)
Home field	State Farm Stadium
City	Glendale, Arizona

Uniforms

Color	White	Alternate

Home Field

Championships
League	2	1925 • 1947
Super Bowls	0	None
Conference	1	2008
Division	7	1947 • 1948 • 1974 • 1975 • 2008 • 2009 • 2015

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional football team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football club in the United States.

The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in 1920. Along with the Chicago Bears, the club is one of two franchises still in operation since the league's founding. The club moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 (sometimes referred to as the "football Cardinals", "Big Red", "Gridbirds" or "Cardiac Cards" to avoid confusion with the baseball St. Louis Cardinals). Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, an eastern suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium. In 2006 the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed State Farm Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.

The franchise's lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago. The club's other NFL championship occurred in 1925, eight years before the league began holding a championship game, and is a controversial title to this day. The much contested title was believed to belong to the Pottsville Maroons but was given to the Cardinals instead in what is called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy. In the six-plus decades since winning the championship in 1947, the team suffered many losing seasons and they have been to the playoffs only nine times and have won only seven playoff games, three of which were victories during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs in which they reached Super Bowl XLIII. The team has also won only five division titles (1974, 1975, 2008, 2009, and 2015) since their 1947–1948 NFL championship game appearances. In addition, the club has won one NFC Championship Game in 2008.

Team history

Membership

League affiliations

Amateur (1898-1912)
Independent (1913-1919)
National Football League (1920-present)
Western Division (1933–1949) American Conference (1950–1952) Eastern Conference (1953-1969) NFL Century (1967–1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC East (1970-2001) NFC West (2002-present)

Achievements

Achievements

AP Most Valuable Player		Offensive Player of the Year		Defensive Player of the Year		Super Bowl MVP
No Cardinals player has won a major season award

External links

References

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 |name                = Arizona Cardinals
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+|image_logo          = [[File:Cardinals.png|95px]]
 |league              = {{NFL logo}} [[National Football League|National Football League]]
 |conference          = {{NFC logo}} [[National Football Conference|NFC]]
-|division            = NFC West
+|division            = [[NFC West]]
 |founded             = 1898 (joined NFL in 1920)
-|stadium             = University of Phoenix Stadium
+|stadium             = State Farm Stadium
 |city                = Glendale, Arizona
-|image_color_uniform = [[File:Cardinals home uniform.gif|80px]]
+|image_color_uniform = [[File:Cardinals color uniform.png|90px]]
-|image_white_uniform = [[File:Cardinals road uniform.gif|80px]]
+|image_white_uniform = [[File:Cardinals white uniform.png|90px]]
-|image_alt_uniform   = [[File:Cardinals alternate uniform.gif|80px]]
+|image_alt_uniform   = [[File:Cardinals alternate uniform.png|90px]]
+|field               = [[File:CardinalsHomefield.png|270px]]
 |championships       = {{NFL logo}} {{Span}} 2
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 |conf_champs         = 1
 |conf_champs_years   = 2008
-|div_champs          = 6
+|div_champs          = 7
-|div_champs_years    = 1947 • 1948 • 1974<br>1975 • 2008 • 2009
+|div_champs_years    = 1947 • 1948 • 1974 • 1975 • 2008 • 2009 • 2015
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 The '''[[Arizona Cardinals]]''' are a professional football team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Western Division of the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC) in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football club in the United States.
-The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in 1920. Along with the [[Chicago Bears]], the club is one of two franchises still in operation since the league's founding.  The club moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 (sometimes referred to as the "football Cardinals", "Big Red", "Gridbirds" or "Cardiac Cards" to avoid confusion with the baseball St. Louis Cardinals). Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, an eastern suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium. In 2006 the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.
+The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in 1920. Along with the [[Chicago Bears]], the club is one of two franchises still in operation since the league's founding.  The club moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 (sometimes referred to as the "football Cardinals", "Big Red", "Gridbirds" or "Cardiac Cards" to avoid confusion with the baseball St. Louis Cardinals). Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, an eastern suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium. In 2006 the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed State Farm Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.
+The franchise's lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago.  The club's other NFL championship occurred in 1925, eight years before the league began holding a championship game, and is a controversial title to this day. The much contested title was believed to belong to the Pottsville Maroons but was given to the Cardinals instead in what is called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy. In the six-plus decades since winning the championship in 1947, the team suffered many losing seasons and they have been to the playoffs only nine times and have won only seven playoff games, three of which were victories during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs in which they reached Super Bowl XLIII. The team has also won only five division titles (1974, 1975, 2008, 2009, and 2015) since their 1947–1948 NFL championship game appearances. In addition, the club has won one NFC Championship Game in 2008.
+=={{NFL header}} Team history==
+==='''Membership'''===
+{| align="left" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left; background: #{{Cardinals color light}}; width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border: 3px solid #{{Black color}};"
+|-
+| align="center" style="background: #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius-topright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Bears color light}}; color: #{{Cardinals color third}};" | '''League affiliations
+|-
+| align="center" style="background: #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius: 10px;" |
+{| align="center" style="background: #{{Cardinals color light}}; width: 100%; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-collapse:collapse;"
+|-
+! style="padding-left: 0.5em; text-align:left;  background: #efefef; border-left:1px; solid #000; width: 65%; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px;" | {{Football icon}} Amateur <small>(1898-1912)</small>
+|-
+! style="padding-left: 0.5em; text-align:left;  background: #fff; border-left:1px; solid #000; width: 65%; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px;" | {{Football icon}} Independent <small>(1913-1919)</small>
+|-
+! style="padding-left: 0.5em; text-align:left;  background: #efefef; border-left:1px; solid #000; width: 65%; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px;" | '''{{NFL logo}} [[National Football League|National Football League]] <small>(1920-present)</small>'''
+|-
+| style="padding-left: 0.5em; text-align:left;  background: #efefef; border-left:1px; solid #000; width: 65%; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px;" |
+*Western Division <small>(1933–1949)</small>
+*American Conference <small>(1950–1952)</small>
+*Eastern Conference <small>(1953-1969)</small>
+**NFL Century <small>(1967–1969)</small>
+*'''{{NFC logo}} [[National Football Conference]] <small>(1970-present)</small>'''
+**[[NFC East]] <small>(1970-2001)</small>
+**'''[[NFC West]] <small>(2002-present)</small>'''
+|-
+! style="background: #{{Cardinals color}};" |
+|}
+|}
+==='''Achievements'''===
-The franchise's lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago.  The club's other NFL championship occurred in 1925, eight years before the league began holding a championship game, and is a controversial title to this day. The much contested title was believed to belong to the Pottsville Maroons but was given to the Cardinals instead in what is called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy. In the six-plus decades since winning the championship in 1947, the team suffered many losing seasons and they have been to the playoffs only six times and have won only five playoff games, the last three of which were victories during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs in which they reached Super Bowl XLIII. The team has also won only four division titles (1974, 1975, 2008, and 2009) since their 1947–1948 NFL championship game appearances. In addition, the club has won one NFC Championship Game in 2008.
+{| align="left" style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left; background: #{{Cardinals color light}}; width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border: 3px solid #{{Black color}};"
+|-
+| align="center" style="background: #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius-topright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color light}}; color: #{{Cardinals color third}};" | '''Achievements
+|-
+| align="center" style="background: #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius: 10px;" |
+{| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 100%; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-collapse:collapse;"
+! colspan=2 align="center" style="background: #cfcfcf; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #{{Cardinals color}};" | [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|''AP'' Most Valuable Player]]
+! colspan=2 align="center" style="background: #cfcfcf; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #{{Cardinals color}};" | [[National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award|Offensive Player of the Year]]
+! colspan=2 align="center" style="background: #cfcfcf; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #{{Cardinals color}};" | [[National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award|Defensive Player of the Year]]
+! colspan=2 align="center" style="background: #cfcfcf; width: 20%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Cardinals color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #{{Cardinals color}};" | [[Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award|Super Bowl MVP]]
+|- align="center"
+| colspan=8 align="center" style="background: #fff; width: 14%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | ''No Cardinals player has won a major season award''
+|}
+|}
 ==External links==
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 *{{Chris Creamer icon}} [http://www.chriscreamer.com/team.php?id=177 Chris Creamer's Sportslogos.net - Arizona Cardinals logos]
 [[Category:National Football League teams]]
+[[Category:AFPA/NFL Teams]]
+[[Category:NFL Western Division Teams]]
+[[Category:NFL American/Eastern Division Teams]]
+[[Category:NFL Century Division Teams]]
+[[Category:NFC East Division Teams]]
+[[Category:NFC West Division Teams]]
+[[Category:APFA/NFL Teams]]
+[[Category:NFL Western]]
+[[Category:NFL American/Eastern]]
+[[Category:NFL Century]]
+[[Category:NFC East]]
+[[Category:NFC West]]