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Established 1898 Play in University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona |
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National Football League (1920–present)
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Cardinal Red, Black, White |
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Mascot | Big Red | ||||
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Owner(s) | Bill Bidwill | ||||
Chairman | Bill Bidwill | ||||
President | Michael Bidwill | ||||
General manager | Steve Keim | ||||
Head coach | Bruce Arians | ||||
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Conference championships (1)
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Division championships (7) |
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Playoff appearances (10) | |||||
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National Football League (1920–present)
Conference championships (1)
Division championships (7)
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States. The Cardinals play their home games at the University of Phoenix Stadium, which is located in the northwestern suburb of Glendale, Arizona.
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 NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league's founding. (The Green Bay Packers were an independent team until they joined the NFL in 1921). The club then moved to St. Louis in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 (sometimes referred to as the "Football Cardinals" or the "Big Red" to avoid confusion with the Major League Baseball St. Louis Cardinals). Before the 1988 season, the team moved west to Tempe, Arizona, a college suburb east of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 seasons 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 Glendale, although the team's training facility is in Tempe.