The Cardinals are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
The Cards are the oldest continuous professional American football club in the United States - the team being formed in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club in Chicago. The club was then called the Racine Normals since they were originally located in Normal Park on Chicago's Racine Avenue. They then changed their name to the Racine Cardinals after they started wearing dark reddish uniforms, inherited from the collegiate Chicago Maroons (not morons).
After becoming a charter member of the NFL in 1920, the club was renamed the Chicago Cardinals, in part to distinguish them from a new franchise that was actually placed in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1944, the Cardinals temporarily merged into the Pittsburgh Steelers and became one franchise for that one season.
The Cards then moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1960 becoming the St. Louis Cardinals, often called the "Football Cardinals" to distinguish them from the baseball team, and also sometimes called "The Big Red" during some brushes with success in the 1970s.
After an unsuccessful campaign for a new football-only stadium in St. Louis, the club relocated to Phoenix in 1988, first playing at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. The team was known as the Phoenix Cardinals before it started using "Arizona" in its name in 1994.
Despite moving to St. Louis and then to Arizona, the Cardinals for decades remained in either an Eastern conference or division. When the league was divided into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1953 season, the Cards were placed in the East while the Chicago Bears were placed in the West.
After the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, the team was placed in the NFC East. The Cardinals were finally moved to the NFC West despite their complaints as part of the 2002 realignment.
The Cardinals conduct their annual summer training camp at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
The Cards are the oldest continuous professional American football club in the United States - the team being formed in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club in Chicago. The club was then called the Racine Normals since they were originally located in Normal Park on Chicago's Racine Avenue. They then changed their name to the Racine Cardinals after they started wearing dark reddish uniforms, inherited from the collegiate Chicago Maroons (not morons).
After becoming a charter member of the NFL in 1920, the club was renamed the Chicago Cardinals, in part to distinguish them from a new franchise that was actually placed in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1944, the Cardinals temporarily merged into the Pittsburgh Steelers and became one franchise for that one season.
The Cards then moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1960 becoming the St. Louis Cardinals, often called the "Football Cardinals" to distinguish them from the baseball team, and also sometimes called "The Big Red" during some brushes with success in the 1970s.
After an unsuccessful campaign for a new football-only stadium in St. Louis, the club relocated to Phoenix in 1988, first playing at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. The team was known as the Phoenix Cardinals before it started using "Arizona" in its name in 1994.
Despite moving to St. Louis and then to Arizona, the Cardinals for decades remained in either an Eastern conference or division. When the league was divided into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1953 season, the Cards were placed in the East while the Chicago Bears were placed in the West.
After the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, the team was placed in the NFC East. The Cardinals were finally moved to the NFC West despite their complaints as part of the 2002 realignment.
The Cardinals conduct their annual summer training camp at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
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In 2006, the Arizona Cardinals began playing all home games at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix.
The team's headquarters and practice facility is located in Tempe, where they have been located since relocating from St. Louis after the 1987 season.
The team's headquarters and practice facility is located in Tempe, where they have been located since relocating from St. Louis after the 1987 season.
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