Arizona Cardinals

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Arizona Cardinals
Founded in 1898
playing in Glendale , Arizona
league

National Football League (1920-present)

Current uniforms
Ariz Cardinals uniforms.png
Team colors Cardinal red , white, black
mascot Big Red
staff
owner Michael Bidwill
General manager Steve Keim
Head coach Kingsbury cliff
Team history
  • Morgan Athletic Club (1898)
  • Racine Normals (1899-1900)
  • Racine Cardinals (1901-1906; 1913-1921)
  • Chicago Cardinals (1922-1943)
  • Card-Pitt (1944)
  • Chicago Cardinals (1945–1959)
  • St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987)
  • Phoenix Cardinals (1988-1993)
  • Arizona Cardinals (1994-present)
Nicknames
The Cards, Birds, Big Red
successes
NFL Champion (2) * 1925 , 1947


Conference winner (1)
Division Winner (6)
Play-off participations (10)
  • NFL: 1947, 1948, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
Stages

The Arizona Cardinals are an American football team of the American professional league National Football League (NFL) from Glendale , Arizona . Together with the Los Angeles Rams , the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks, they belong to the NFC West within the National Football Conference (NFC).

The team was founded in Chicago in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club and is considered the oldest surviving American football team in the United States. In 1920 the team joined the newly formed American Professional Football Association as Racine Cardinals , which was called the National Football League from 1922. From 1922, the team appeared as the Chicago Cardinals . In 1960 the Cardinals relocated to St. Louis , Missouri , before moving to their present home in the greater Phoenix , Arizona area in 1988 .

The Cardinals won the NFL championship twice during their time in Chicago, in 1925 and 1947 . The only Super Bowl participation so far was in the 2008 season , when the Super Bowl XLIII was lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers at 23:27 .

The home stadium of the Arizona Cardinals has been the State Farm Stadium in Glendale since 2006 . The team's headquarters, however, is in Tempe , also a suburb of Phoenix.

history

Beginnings and Era in Chicago

The Morgan Athletic Club was founded in Chicago in 1898 . The club then called itself Racine Normals because it was located in Normal Park on Racine Avenue in south Chicago. The team was named Cardinals in 1901 when founder Chris O'Brien bought faded cardinal red jerseys for the Maroons, the University of Chicago team . After a few years in amateur leagues within Chicago, the team joined the newly formed American Professional Football Association in 1920 . In addition to the Cardinals, a second team from Chicago joined the league with the Chicago Tigers . Popular modern legend has it that after a 0-0 draw in the first leg, the two teams agreed that the loser in the second leg would have to stop playing because the city wasn't big enough to provide fans and revenue for two teams. The Cardinals won the game 6-3 with a 40-yard touchdown run from quarterback Paddy Driscoll . After the season, the Tigers actually stopped playing, but this was more due to financial difficulties. In 1922, the Racine Cardinals changed their name to Chicago Cardinals after the Racine Legion, a team from Racine , Wisconsin , had joined the league. In the 1925 season , the Cardinals get 11 wins with two defeats and one draw, with which one could celebrate the first championship title. On November 6, 1929, the Cardinals played the first NFL floodlit game in Kinsley Park against the Providence Steam Roller . 6000 spectators saw the Cardinals' 16-0 victory. The team remained unsuccessful until the 1940s and even lost all games in the 1943 and 1944 seasons. The Cardinals joined in 1944 due to the war-related lack of players together with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a joint team Card-Pitt .

Under head coach Jimmy Conzelman , who had coached the team from 1940 to 1942, things were looking up again. He introduced the T-formation , with which the Chicago Bears had had great success in previous years . The offense of the Cardinals was carried by quarterback Paul Christman , fullback Pat Harder and the halfbacks Elmer Angsman and Charley Trippi , who received the nickname "Million Dollar Backfield", since Trippi with an unusually high contract of 100,000 dollars for four years for the time was equipped. In the 1947 season , the Cardinals won a 28:21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, their second NFL championship. In the following year they reached the Championship Game, but this time the Eagles were victorious and beat the Cardinals 7-0.

In 1960, the franchise moved to St. Louis before finally ending up in Arizona in 1988. There it was initially called Phoenix Cardinals , until the name was finally changed to Arizona Cardinals in 1994 .

The Cardinals became NFL champions twice (1925, 1947). In the 2008 season they won the NFC Championship Game with 32:25 against the Philadelphia Eagles and moved into the Super Bowl XLIII , in which they lost 23:27 against the Pittsburgh Steelers .

The Bruce Arian era (2013-2017)

After the Cardinals had not reached the play-offs after three consecutive seasons , Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt and General Manager Rod Graves were sacked on December 31, 2012 . On 17 January 2013, the Cardinals announced that former offensive coordinator of the Indianapolis Colts (and at times also interim head coach) Bruce Arians had signed a four year contract and new head coach of the franchise was. In his first season , Arians managed to double the team's win rate compared to last year. One reason for this was the signing of quarterback Carson Palmer on April 2nd, who was working on his comeback after many injury problems. After a bumpy start to the season with three wins out of seven games, they still managed a win rate of 10-6. However, they missed the play-offs for the fourth time in a row, although they had a chance with a win on the last day of the game.

The 2014 season started the Cardinals with a record of 9-1, with Carson Palmer being replaced by Drew Stanton in week 10 of the ninth game due to an injury . Stanton injured himself, however, so that the third quarterback Ryan Lindley ran up in the last game of the regular season as starting quarterback . After qualifying for the play-offs for the first time since 2009 , they had the opportunity to play in the Super Bowl in their own stadium. To do this, they had to play in the wildcard game against the Carolina Panthers , who had ended the season with a score of 7-8-1. In the game that was lost at 16:27, the Cardinals offense showed a very poor performance, they only managed eight first downs and gained only 78 yards of space in the entire game. One reason for this was the lack of starting and backup running and quarterbacks.

The 2015 season was the most successful season in the history of the Cardinals, as they finished the regular season with a score of 13-3 and took first place in the NFC West . This gave them a bye week in the play-offs . Another special feature was that the Cardinals hired Jennifer Welter, the first female coach in NFL history. In the play-offs, the Cardinals first had to play against the Green Bay Packers in the divisional game. This was won with 26:20 in overtime, with Larry Fitzgerald , the team's star receiver , with eight catches, 176 yards and the decisive touchdown in overtime contributed significantly to the victory. The subsequent NFC Championship Game was clearly lost with 15:49, with the team causing seven turnovers in the game . After the 2015 team performance, the Cardinals were traded as one of the 2016 Super Bowl participants. However, the team started the 2016 season with a false start, in which three of the first four games were lost. The game in the seventh week against the Seattle Seahawks ended 6-6 after overtime after the two kickers Chandler Catanzaro and Steven Hauschka missed their field goal attempts. The game was also the lowest point and the first non-touchdown draw since 1974. After losing to the Saints in week 15, the Cardinals had no chance of a place in the play-offs. They finished the season in second place in the division. The 2017 season was even more sobering than the previous one due to many injuries, in the end the team only finished third in the division and again missed the play-offs. Bruce Arians announced his resignation as head coach of the Cardinals the day after the end of the regular season and announced the end of his coaching career.

Recent past (since 2018)

After starting quarterback Carson Palmer announced his end of career after the season and the backups Gabbert and Stanton hadn't convinced, they were without a starting quarterback before the 2018 season. Therefore, Sam Bradford was brought in from the Minnesota Vikings and traded tenth in the 2018 NFL Draft to sign quarterback Josh Rosen from the University of California, Los Angeles . Steve Wilks , who had previously worked as a defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers , was hired as the new head coach . The season started with Bradford, who was put on the bench for Rosen after poor performance in week 3 and was finally fired in the middle of the season. But even with Rosen as quarterback, there was no success, among other things due to one of the weakest offensive lines in the league. The Cardinals ended the season with only three wins and, thanks to the worst record in the league, had the right to be the first team to vote in the following NFL draft for the first time since 1958. The Arizona offense came last in most statistics and head coach Steve Wilks was fired after just one season.

A few days later, the franchise announced the signing of Kliff Kingsbury as a new coach. Kingsbury was previously head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in college football . With the number-one pick in the 2019 NFL Draft , the Cardinals selected quarterback Kyler Murray , the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner , to lead the team in 2019. The previous starter Josh Rosen was given to the Miami Dolphins for a second round pick .

player

Current squad

Arizona Cardinals squad

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receiver

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebacker

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve List

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Roster as of December 30, 2019
Depth ChartTransactions

53 active, 16 inactive, 9 (+1 lost) Practice Squad

Blocked jersey numbers

Jersey numbers that are no longer issued by the Cardinals
Jersey number player position active team
8th Larry Wilson S. 1960-1972 St. Louis
40 Pat Tillman 1 S. 1998-2001 Arizona
77 Stan Mauldin 1st OT 1946-1948 Chicago
88 JV Cain 1st TE 1974-1988 St. Louis
99 Marshall Goldberg RB 1939-1943, 1946-1948 Chicago

Legend:

  • 1 Posthumously blocked

Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

The following Cardinals players and officials have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .

Chicago Cardinals
Jersey number player Position (s) Seasons with the Cardinals Year of admission
1 John "Paddy" Driscoll Quarterback
coach
1920-1925
1920-1922
1965
2 Walt Kiesling Guard / DT
Coach
1929-1933
1944
1966
4th Ernie Nevers Fullback
trainer
1929-1931
1930-1931, 1939
1963
13 Guy Chamberlin End & Trainer 1927-1928 1965
33 Ollie Matson Running back 1952, 1954-1958 1972
62, 2 Charley Trippi Running back 1947-1955 1968
81 Dick "Night Train" Lane Cornerback 1954-1959 1974
Jim Thorpe Running back 1928 1963
- Charles Bidwill owner 1933-1947 1967
- Jimmy Conzelman Trainer 1940-1942
1946-1948
1964
- Earl "Curly" Lambeau Trainer 1950-1951 1963
- Joe Stydahar Trainer 1953-1954 1967
St. Louis Cardinals
8th Larry Wilson Safety 1960-1972 1978
13 Don Maynard Wide receiver 1973 1987
22nd Roger Wehrli Cornerback 1969-1982 2007
72 Dan Dierdorf Offensive tackle 1971-1983 1996
81 Jackie Smith Tight end 1963-1977 1994
Arizona Cardinals
22nd Emmitt Smith Running back 2003-2004 2010
35 Aeneas Williams Cornerback 1991-2000 2014
13 Kurt Warner Quarterback 2005-2009 2017

Italic = only played part of their career for the Cardinals and was accepted as a player on another team

Trainer

Gene Stallings was from 1986 - 1989 Head Coach of the Cardinals.
With Ken Whisenhunt, the Cardinals reached Super Bowl XLIII in 2008 .
Bruce Arians was 2013 - 2017 the head coach of the Cardinals.
Kliff Kingsbury has been Head Coach of the Cardinals since 2019 .

Head coaches

Status: end of season 2019

Legend
# Order of trainers
Sp Play as a coach
S. Victories
N Defeats
UE draw
G% Win rate
* Exclusively active as a head coach for the Cardinals
In the 1961 season there were 3 joint coaches for 2 games
# Surname Period Regular season Play-offs Achievements / Awards reference
Sp S. N UE G% Sp S. N
Chicago Cardinals
1 Paddy Driscoll 1920-1922 29 17th 8th 4th 68.0 - - -
2 Arnie Horween * 1923-1924 22nd 13 8th 1 61.9 - - -
3 Norman Barry * 1925-1926 26th 16 8th 2 66.7 - - - NFL Championship (1925)
4th Guy Chamberlin 1927 11 3 7th 1 30.0 - - -
5 Fred Gillies * 1928 6th 1 5 0 16.7 - - -
6th Dewey Scanlon 1929 13 6th 6th 1 50.0 - - -
7th Ernie Nevers 1930-1931 21st 10 9 2 52.6 - - -
8th Roy Andrews 1931 1 0 1 0 0.0 - - -
9 Jack Chevigny * 1932 10 2 6th 2 25.0 - - -
10 Paul Schissler 1933-1934 22nd 6th 15th 1 28.6 - - -
11 Milan Creighton * 1935-1938 46 16 26th 4th 38.1 - - -
- Ernie Nevers 1939 11 1 10 0 9.1 - - -
12 Jimmy Conzelman 1940-1942 33 8th 22nd 3 26.7 - - -
13 Phil Handler * 1943 10 0 10 0 0.0 - - -
Card Pitt
- Phil Handler * 1944 1 10 0 10 0 .000 - - -
14th Walt Kiesling
Chicago Cardinals
- Phil Handler * 1945 10 1 9 0 10.0 - - -
- Jimmy Conzelman 1946-1948 35 26th 9 0 74.3 2 1 1 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1947)
NFL Championship (1947)
15th Buddy Parker 1949 12 6th 5 1 54.5 - - -
16 Curly Lambeau 1950-1951 22nd 7th 15th 0 31.8 - - -
17th Cecil Isbell 1951 2 1 1 0 50.0 - - -
18th Joe Kuharich 1952 12 4th 8th 0 33.3 - - -
19th Joe Stydahar 1953-1954 24 3 20th 1 13.0 - - -
20th Ray Richardss * 1955-1957 36 14th 21st 1 40.0 - - -
21st Pop ivy 1958-1959 24 4th 19th 1 16.7 - - -
St. Louis Cardinals
- Pop ivy 1960-1961 24 11 12 1 45.8 - - -
22nd Ray Willsey * 1961 2 2 0 0 100 - - -
23 Ray Prochaska *
24 Chuck Drulis *
25th Wally Lemm 1962-1965 56 27 26th 3 50.9 - - -
26th Charley Winner 1966-1970 70 35 30th 5 53.8 - - -
27 Bob Hollway * 1971-1972 28 8th 18th 2 31.5 - - -
28 Don Coryell 1973-1977 70 42 27 1 60.7 2 0 2 AP NFL Coach of the Year (1974)
Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year (1974)
29 Bud Wilkinson * 1978-1979 29 9 20th 0 31.0 - - -
30th Larry Wilson * 1979 3 2 1 0 66.7 - - -
31 Jim Hanifan 1980-1985 89 39 49 1 44.3 1 0 1
32 Gene Stallings * 1986-1987 31 11 19th 1 35.5 - - -
Phoenix Cardinals
- Gene Stallings * 1988-1989 27 12 15th 0 44.4 - - -
33 Hank Kuhlmann * 1989 5 0 5 0 0.0 - - -
34 Joe Bugel 1990-1993 64 20th 44 5 31.3 - - -
Arizona Cardinals
35 Buddy Ryan 1994-1995 32 12 20th 0 37.5 - - -
36 Vince Tobin * 1996-2000 71 28 43 0 39.4 2 1 1
37 Dave McGinnis * 2000-2003 57 17th 40 0 29.8 - - -
38 Dennis Green 2004-2006 48 16 32 0 33.3 - - -
39 Ken Whisenhunt 2007–2012 96 45 51 0 46.9 6th 4th 2
40 Bruce Arians 2013-2017 80 49 30th 1 61.9 3 1 2
41 Steve Wilks * 2018 16 3 13 0 18.8 - - -
42 Kingsbury Cliff * 2019– 16 5 10 1 34.4 - - -
1 In 1944 , the Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers came under the name Card-Pitt as a united team. Phil Handler and Steelers Coach Walt Kiesling shared the tasks.

Current coaching staff

Arizona Cardinals coach
Front Office

Head coaches

Offense trainer

  Defense coach

Special teams trainer

Strength and stamina

Status: October 26, 2018
TrainerManagement

owner

The plumber and house painter Chris O'Brien founded a football team in Chicago's South Side in 1899 that went under the name Morgan Athletic Club. As a representative of the team later known as Racine Cardinals, he took part on September 17, 1920 in founding the American Professional Football Association, the predecessor company of the NFL.

On July 27, 1929, Chris O'Brien sold the team to doctor David L. Jones for $ 25,000. The football enthusiast failed to operate the team profitably, so he finally sold it in 1932 to the co-owner of the Chicago Bears Charles W. Bidwill .

Lawyer and entrepreneur, Bidwill, paid $ 50,000 for the team. The change in ownership was not announced until 1933, as Bidwill had to sell his shares in the Bears beforehand. After his death on April 19, 1947, his widow Violet Bidwill became the team owner. In 1949 she married Walter HS Wolfner, who later acted as general manager for the team.

Violet Bidwill died on January 29, 1962. She bequeathed an 82% stake in the St. Louis Cardinals to her two adoptive sons Charles Bidwill Jr. and William "Bill" Bidwill . Walter Wolfner sued the will and lost. In 1965 the dispute was finally settled. In 1972 Bill took over his brother's stake for $ 6 million.

Bill Bidwill died on October 2, 2019. His son Michael Bidwill is the administrator, chairman, and president of the Arizona Cardinals.

Balance sheets and records

Arizona Cardinals / Numbers and Records represents important records for the Cardinals, the direct comparisons with the other American football teams, the season balance sheets since 1920 and the first round draft picks that the Cardinals have made since the first draft in 1936.

Web links

Commons : Arizona Cardinals  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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