Answer: Chicago
The Cardinals were founded in 1898 in Chicago, and underwent a number of name changes, including Morgan Athletic Club and Racine Normals. As the Chicago Cardinals, they won two NFL championships in 1925 and 1947. Despite those two successes, losing seasons were the norm for the Cardinals, along with low attendances, as they tried to compete with the crosstown Bears. With the new AFL looking to expand into St. Louis, the NFL and the team owners agreed a deal to move the team to the Missouri city.
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Answer: 1988
The Cardinals relocated to Arizona after the attempts at getting an all-football stadium in St. Louis failed. They were in St. Louis from 1960-1987.
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Answer: Jim Hart
In '74, Hart threw for 2,411 yards and 20 TDs, with only 8 Ints.
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Answer: Jake Plummer
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Answer: Busch Stadium
Formerly known as Sportsman's Park, Busch Stadium was also home to the baseball Cardinals. Until 1953, it had also hosted the home games of the St. Louis Browns baseball team. The Cardinals recorded their first win there in week 5 over the Dallas Cowboys. They ended the season with a 6-5-1 record, their first winning season since 1956. In 1966, the Cardinals would move to the new Busch Memorial Stadium.
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Answer: Chicago
Dating back to 1898 and as an amateur club in Chicago, the Cardinals are the oldest existing football club in the U.S. They turned professional by 1913.
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Answer: MacArthur Lane
Lane came closest when he totaled 977 rushing yards and 13 combined TDs. Anderson set a franchise record with five 1,000-yard years from '79 to '84 (excluding the '82 strike season), including 1,605 in his rookie year. Mitchell had 1,006 rushing yards in '85. Hearst had 1,070 in 1995.
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Answer: Paddy Driscoll
He was coach at the Chicago Cardinals. In their first season, 1920, the Cardinals came 4th with a 6-2-2 record. John 'Paddy' Driscoll was coach from 1920 to 1924 and finished with 17-8-4 during those seasons.
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Answer: Charley Johnson
Johnson, from New Mexico State University, wasn't drafted until the 10th round of the 1960 NFL draft, but proved to be a major player for the Cardinals. He passed for over 3000 yards in both 1962 and 1963, going to the Pro Bowl in the latter season.
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Answer: University of Phoenix Stadium
After moving to Arizona, the Cardinals called Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, home until moving to the new University of Phoenix Stadium located in Glendale in 2006. The stadium is in name-only for the University's corporate sponsorship as they did not have any intercollegiate athletics programs. The stadium featured a retractable roof, roll-out grass field, and air conditioning system in order for the games to be played in the hot desert weather.
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Answer: Roy Green
Green had 1,555 receiving yards and 12 TDs in '84 for St. Louis. Boldin had 1,377 in 2003 for Arizona.
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Answer: 1988
The Cardinals last season at St. Louis was 1987.
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Answer: Don Coryell
After a successful stint with the San Diego State Aztecs, Coryell arrived in St. Louis in 1973. After a disappointing debut campaign, he led the team to successive division titles in the following two seasons.
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Answer: Red and white
The team has had red and white as the dominant colors since early 1900s. With the hot desert weather to contend with, they mainly wore the white jersey for home games, but after the stadium was opened in 2006, they were able to have the choice of wearing red or white without having to deal with the elements.
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Answer: Simeon Rice
Rice had ten sacks that year, one more than Smith. Wadsworth finished third on the team with five and Swann only had four.
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Answer: Ottis Anderson
He rushed 7,999 yards from 1979 to 1986. He also holds the single season record (1920 to 2000) with 1,605 yards in 1979.
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Answer: Minnesota Vikings & LA Rams
The Vikings and Rams were two of the most dominant franchises in the mid-1970s, and the Cardinals also had the disadvantage of playing both of them on the road. Minnesota won 30-14 in 1974, and Los Angeles prevailing 35-23 the following season.
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Answer: 1
From 1988-2007 in Arizona, The Cardinals saw playoff action only once in 1998. They survived the first round Wild Card game by beating the Dallas Cowboys 20-7, then were defeated in the Divisional Playoffs by the Minnesota Vikings 41-21.
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Answer: Joe Namath
He went on to become famous with the Jets.
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Answer: Dan Dierdorf
Dierdorf was a second round draft pick out of Michigan in 1971. He played his entire NFL career with the Cardinals and was selected to six Pro Bowls. After retiring, he was part of "ABC's Monday Night Football" team for 12 years.
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Answer: Jake Plummer
In college, quarterback Jason "Jake" Plummer was tough to tackle, so he was nicknamed "Jake the Snake". He played for the Cardinals from 1997-2002, and retired in 2006.
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Answer: Jackie Smith
In 1967, Smith 1,205 receiving yards, a 21.5 average, and 9 TDs.
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Answer: Jim Hanifan
A former assistant with the Cardinals under Don Coryell, Hanifan took over the head coaching post in 1980. He led them to one playoff spot in 1982, when they lost 41-16 to Green Bay.
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Answer: Arizona State University
Jake attended ASU and was a second round, 47th overall draft pick by the Cardinals in 1997.
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Answer: New York Giants
The Cardinals and Giants met in week eight in St. Louis. Both teams had struggled to 2-5 records at this point in the season. In a rivalry stretching back to 1926, the teams had only played to a tie once before, in 1964, in the days before overtime existed. With the score tied at 20-20 at the end of regulation, Neil O'Donoghue had three chances to kick a winning field goal for St. Louis in overtime, but missed them all.
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Answer: Pat Tillman
Pat was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in April 2004. His jerseys from college and the Cardinals were retired. Tillman was a career Cardinal safety from 1998-2001.
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Answer: Zero
The closest they came was in 1988, when they went 7-9.
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Answer: Neil Lomax
Lomax was selected in the second round of the 1981 draft, and became the team's starting QB in 1982. He threw for over 22,000 yards and 136 touchdowns in a Cardinal uniform in a career which ended in Phoenix in 1988.
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Answer: Gene Stallings
Gene Stallings was coach from 1986-1989. He has also had coaching jobs with Alabama and Texas A&M.
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Answer: The Pittsburgh Steelers
The team went 0-10 under the coaching of Hall of Famer Walt Kiesling and Phil Handler.
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Answer: Bill Bidwill
The Cardinals played their last home game in St. Louis on December 13, with just 29,623 fans on hand to see them defeat the Giants 27-24. The NFL would return to the city in 1995 when the Rams relocated there from Los Angeles. Ironically, a new divisional alignment in 2002 placed the Cardinals and Rams in the same division, which meant that the Cardinals would be visiting their former home city every year in the regular season.
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Answer: 16-32
He has also been head coach of Northwestern and Stanford Universities, and the Minnesota Vikings. He had a year left on the Arizona contract when he was released from the team.
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Answer: 7
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