Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals was founded in 1898 and a charter member of the National Football League. The team holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously - running professional football franchise in the US. It is one of two franchises still in operation since the league was founded. The club moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1960 and played in that city through 1987. It was  also known as the “football Cardinals” back then, to avoid confusion with the St. Louis Cardinals (a baseball team). After 28 years in St. Louis, the Cardinals relocated to Arizona in the spring of 1988 and made Sun Devil Stadium of the Arizona State University as their new home. The 1995 season also marked another milestone when the Cardinals served as the host team for Super Bowl XXX at Sun Devil Stadium on January 28, 1996. The franchise’s lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago, and came two decades before the first Super Bowl game was ever played. 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. The title is then called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy. Several decades since winning the championship in 1947, the Cardinals was qualified for the playoffs only six times and have won only five playoff games, three of which were achieved during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs in which they reached Super Bowl XLIII. The team has also won three division titles in 1974, 1975, and 2008 since their 1947-1948 NFL championship game appearances. In 2008, the team became the last NFC team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to reach the Conference Championship Game.