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| Founded | 1898; 128 years ago (1898) | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | State Farm Stadium,Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Headquartered | Tempe, Arizona[1] | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Cardinal red, white, black, silver[2][3] | ||||||||||||
| Mascot | Big Red | ||||||||||||
| Website | azcardinals | ||||||||||||
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| Owner | Michael Bidwill[4] | ||||||||||||
| General manager | Monti Ossenfort | ||||||||||||
| Head coach | Mike LaFleur | ||||||||||||
| President | Michael Bidwill | ||||||||||||
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Temporary stadiums 1944 due to shortage of players duringWorld War II (temporary merger withPittsburgh Steelers):
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| Independent (1898–1906, 1913–1919) National Football League (1920–present)
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TheArizona Cardinals are a professionalAmerican football team based in thePhoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in theNational Football League (NFL) as a member of theNational Football Conference (NFC)West division. The team plays its home games atState Farm Stadium inGlendale,[5] a suburb northwest of thestate capital ofPhoenix.
The team was established inChicago in 1898 as theMorgan Athletic Club, and joined the NFL as a charter member on September 17, 1920.[6] The Cardinals are the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the United States,[7][8] and, along with theChicago Bears, are the only NFL charter member franchises still in operation.[a]
In1960, the team moved toSt. Louis, where it was commonly referred to as the "Football Cardinals", the "Gridbirds", or the "Big Red" to avoid confusion withMajor League Baseball's (MLB)St. Louis Cardinals.
Before the1988 season, the team moved toTempe, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, where it played home games for the next 18 seasons atSun Devil Stadium on the campus ofArizona State University. In2006, the team moved to their current home field in suburban Glendale. Their executive offices and training facility remain in Tempe, although they are moving them to north Phoenix in 2028. From 1988 to 2012 (except 2005, when they trained inPrescott), the Cardinals conducted their annual summer training camp atNorthern Arizona University inFlagstaff. In 2013, the Cardinals moved their training camp to their home field, then called University of Phoenix Stadium, now State Farm Stadium.
The Cardinals have won two NFL championships, both while the team was in Chicago. The first, in1925, wasdisputed by supporters of thePottsville Maroons. Theirsecond, and the first to be won in achampionship game, came in1947, nearly two decades before thefirstSuper Bowl. They returned to the title game to defend in1948, but lost the rematch 7–0 in a snowstorm inPhiladelphia.
The team has since suffered many losing seasons and, as of 2025, hasthe longest active championship drought in North American sports at 78 seasons. The next longest drought is MLB'sCleveland Guardians, who last won theWorld Series in 1948; 1 year after the Cardinals won their last championship.
The team's all-time win–loss record (includingregular season andplayoff games) at the conclusion of the2024 season was603–833–41 (596–822–41 in the regular season,7–10 in the playoffs).[9] They have been to the playoffs 11 times and have won seven playoff games, including three in the2008–09 NFL playoffs. During that season, they won their onlyNFC Championship Game since the 1970AFL–NFL merger, and reachedSuper Bowl XLIII, losing 27–23 to thePittsburgh Steelers.
The team has won five division titles (1974,1975,2008,2009, and2015) since their 1947–48 NFL championship game appearances. The Cardinals are the only NFL team that has never lost a playoff game at home: their 5–0 record encompasses the1947 NFL Championship Game, two games during the 2008–09 NFL playoffs, one during the2009–10 playoffs, and one during the2015–16 playoffs.
In their 36 seasons since moving to Arizona in 1988, the Cardinals have a total of six playoff appearances, three division titles, and one NFC championship.
The franchise dates to 1898, when a neighborhood group gathered to play on theSouth Side ofChicago, calling themselves theMorgan Athletic Club. Chicago painting and building contractorChris O'Brien acquired the team, which he moved toNormal Field on Racine Avenue. The team was known as theRacine Normals until 1901, when O'Brien bought used jerseys from theUniversity of Chicago. After he described the fadedmaroon clothing as "Cardinal red", the team became theRacine Street Cardinals. Eventually in 1920, the team became a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which was rechristened theNational Football League (NFL) two years later. The team entered the league as theRacine Cardinals, but changed their name to theChicago Cardinals in 1922 to avoid confusion with theHorlick-Racine Legion, who entered the league the same year.[10]
In1925, the Cardinals wereawarded the NFL Championship after thePottsville Maroons were suspended for playing a game in what was deemed "another team's territory".[11] Having beat the Cardinals in a head-to-head game earlier in the season, the Pottsville Maroons won their extra game against theUniversity of Notre Dame, helping them finish the year with the same record as the Cardinals. The Cardinals were also guilty of breaking NFL rules by scheduling two additional games against the Hammond Pros and the Milwaukee Badgers, both of whom had already disbanded for the season. The game against the Badgers spurred a scandal when the Badgers filled out their roster with four high school players, in violation of NFL rules.
During the post-World War II years, the team reached two straight NFL finals against thePhiladelphia Eagles, winning in1947 (eight months afterCharles Bidwill's death) but losing the following year.[12][13] In the late 1950s, after years of bad seasons and losing fans to their crosstown rivals, theChicago Bears, the Cardinals were almost bankrupt, and ownerViolet Bidwill Wolfner became interested in moving the team to a new city.
Due to the formation of the rivalAmerican Football League, the NFL allowed Bidwill to move the team toSt. Louis, Missouri, where they became theSt. Louis Cardinals. They were locally called the "Big Red", the "Gridbirds" or the "Football Cardinals" to avoid confusion with the localbaseball team of the same name.[14] During the Cardinals' 28-year stay in St. Louis, they advanced to the playoffs just three times (1974, 1975 and 1982), never hosting or winning. They did, however, win thePlayoff Bowl, a now-defunct post-season game for third place, in 1964 against the Green Bay Packers by a score of 24–17. The overall mediocrity of the Cardinals, combined with a then-21-year-old stadium, caused game attendance to dwindle, and ownerBill Bidwill decided to move the team to Arizona.[15]
Not long after the end of the1987 NFL season, Bidwill agreed to move toPhoenix on a handshake deal with state and local officials, and the team became thePhoenix Cardinals.[16] The team changed their name to theArizona Cardinals on March 17, 1994.[6][17]
The Cardinals hired Vince Tobin as head coach before the 1996 season.[18] In his first season, he led the team to a 7–9 mark in the 1996 season.[19] The team regressed in the 1997 season with a 4–12 record.[20] The1998 NFL season saw the Cardinals break two long droughts, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in 16 years.[21] The team got their first postseason win since1947 by defeating theDallas Cowboys 20–7 in thewild card round of the playoffs.[22] The Cardinals saw their run end in the Divisional Round with a 41–21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.[23] The Cardinals regressed to a 6–10 record in the 1999 season.[24] In the 2000 season, Tobin was fired after a 2–5 start.[25] Dave McGinnis finished the season out with a 1–8 record.[26]
Before the 2001 season, the Cardinals named McGinnis as their head coach.[27] He coached for three seasons, regressing each year record-wise.[28] He was fired by the team after the 2003 season.[29]
Before the 2004 season, the Cardinals hired Dennis Green as head coach.[30] He coached the team to three consecutive losing seasons and was fired after the 2006 season.[31][32]
The Cardinals hired Ken Whisenhunt as head coach before the 2007 season.[33] In his first season with the team, Whisenhunt led the Cardinals to an 8–8 record in the 2007 season.[34] Inthe 2008 postseason, the Cardinals, led by quarterbackKurt Warner, won the Wild Card Round over the Atlanta Falcons, the Divisional Round against the Carolina Panthers, and theNFC Championship Game against thePhiladelphia Eagles to advance to theSuper Bowl for the first time in their history.[35][36][37] They lostSuper Bowl XLIII 27–23 to thePittsburgh Steelers in the final seconds of the game.[17][38][39]
After their historic 2008 season, the Cardinals posted a 10–6 record in2009, their first season with 10 wins in Arizona. The Cardinals clinched their second consecutiveNFC West title but were defeated by eventual Super Bowl championNew Orleans Saints, 45–14 in the divisional playoffs.[40][41] After the 2012 season, the Cardinals fired Whisenhunt as head coach.[42] Before the 2013 season, the team hired Bruce Arians as head coach.[43] Arians' first season with the team saw the Cardinals go 10–6 but miss the postseason in 2013.[44] The next time they would make the playoffs would be in2014, as a wild card. They set the best regular season record in their history in Arizona at 11–5 but were defeated by the 7–8–1NFC South champions, theCarolina Panthers.[45]
The next year, the Cardinals set a franchise-best 13–3 record and clinched their a first round bye as the NFC's second seed.[46] They defeated theGreen Bay Packers26–20 in overtime, giving quarterbackCarson Palmer his first playoff victory.[47] The Cardinals then advanced to their secondNFC Championship Game in their history but were blown out by the top-seeded 15–1Panthers 49–15, committing seven turnovers.[48]
The Cardinals then fell to 7–8–1 in2016 and 8–8 in2017.[49][50] After the 2017 season, Arians retired as head coach.[51] The Cardinals hired Steve Wilks to be the head coach before the 2018 season.[52] The team dropped to a 3–13 record in2018, tying the franchise record set in2000 for the worst record in a 16-game season.[53] Wilks was fired after the season.[54] The Cardinals hired Kliff Kingsbury as head coach before the 2019 season.[55] In the 2019 NFL draft, the Cardinals used the top overall pick in the draft on Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray.[56] The team improved to 5–10–1 in2019 and 8–8 in2020.[57][58] In2021, the Cardinals went 11–6, posting a winning record and returning to the postseason for the first time since 2015, but lost to the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round.[59][60] They failed to improve their record in2022, dropping to the bottom of NFC West at 4–13, and missing the playoffs.[61] Kingsbury was fired as head coach after the 2022 season.[62] Under first year head coach Jonathan Gannon, the Cardinals once again finished in fourth in the NFC West with a 4–13 record in 2023. In 2024, they finished with an 8–9 record. In 2025, the Arizona Cardinals set NFL history as the first team to lose three consecutive games by a last second game winning field goal[63]
The team has worn cardinal red jerseys since Chris O'Brien bought them for the club in 1898. For most of their history, the Cardinals have used the same basic uniform design of white helmets, white pants with red stripes on the sides, and either red or white jerseys.
Starting in1947, the team had a logo of aNorthern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched on the laces of a football.
The Cardinals moved to Arizona in1988, and theflag of Arizona was added to the sleeves the following year. In1990, the team began wearing red pants with their white jerseys, as new coachJoe Bugel wanted to emulate his former employer, theWashington Redskins, who at the time wore burgundy pants with their white jerseys (the Redskins later returned to their 1970s gold pants with all their jerseys).
In1994, the Cardinals participated in the NFL's 75th-anniversary throwback uniform program. The jerseys were similar to those of the 1920s Chicago Cardinals, with an interlocking "CC" logo and three stripes on each sleeve. The uniform numbers were moved to the right chest. The pants were khaki to simulate the color and material used in that era. The Cardinals also stripped the logos from their helmets for two games: atCleveland and home vs.Pittsburgh.
The Cardinal head on the helmet also appeared on the sleeve of the white jersey from 1982 to 1995. In 1996, the state flag of Arizona was moved higher on the sleeve after the Cardinal head was eliminated as sleeves on football jerseys became shorter, and black was removed as an accent color, instead replaced with blue to match the predominant color of the state flag. In 2002, the Cardinals began to wear all-red and all-white combinations, and continued to do so through 2004, before the team's makeover.
In2005, the team unveiled its first major changes in a century. The cardinal-head logo was updated to look sleeker and meaner than its predecessor. Numerous fans had derisively called the previous version a "parakeet".[64] Black again became an accent color after an eight-year absence, while trim lines were added to the outside shoulders, sleeves, and sides of the jerseys and pants. Both the red and white jerseys have the option of red or white pants.[65]
Hoping to break a six-game losing streak, the Cardinals wore the red pants for the first time on October 29, 2006, in a game atLambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers. The Packers won 31–14, and the Cards headed into their bye week with a 1–7 mark. After the bye week, the Cardinals came out in an all-red combination at home against the Dallas Cowboys and lost, 27–10. Arizona did not wear the red pants for the remainder of the season and won four of their last seven games. However, the following season, in2007, the Cardinals again wore their red pants for their final 3 home games. They wore red pants with white jerseys in games on the road at the Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks. They paired red pants with red jerseys, the all-red combination, for home games against the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and St. Louis Rams. The red pants were not worn at all in2008, but they were used in home games against Seattle, Minnesota, and St. Louis in2009. The red pants were paired with the white road jersey for the first time in three years during a 2010 game at Carolina, but the white jersey/red pants combination was not used again until 2018, when they broke out the combination against theKansas City Chiefs.[66]
The Cardinals' first home game in Arizona, in 1988, saw them play in red jerseys. Thereafter, for the next 18 years in Arizona, the Cardinals, like a few other NFL teams in warm climates, wore their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season—forcing opponents to suffer in their darker jerseys during Arizona autumns that frequently see temperatures over 100 °F (38 °C). However, this tradition did not continue when the Cardinals moved from Sun Devil Stadium to State Farm Stadium in 2006, as early-season games (and some home games late in the season) were played with the roof closed. With the temperature inside at a comfortable 70 °F (21 °C), the team opted to wear red jerseys at home full time. The Cardinals wore white jerseys at home for the first time at State Farm Stadium on August 29, 2008, in a preseason game against theDenver Broncos.
The Cardinals wore white at home for the first time in a regular season game at State Farm Stadium against theHouston Texans on October 11,2009. In October 2009, the NFL recognizedBreast Cancer Awareness Month, and players wore pink-accented items, including gloves, wristbands, and shoes. The team thought the pink accents looked better with white uniforms than with red.[67]
From 1970 through 1983, and again in many seasons between 1989 and 2002, the Cardinals would wear white when hosting theDallas Cowboys in order to force the Cowboys to don their "jinxed" blue jerseys.[68] They have not done this since moving into State Farm Stadium, however.[69]
The2010 season saw the Cardinals debut a new, alternate black jersey.[70] In2017, the Cardinals debuted an all-black set for theNFL Color Rush program. While the regular black alternates featured white lettering and are paired with white pants, the Cardinals' Color Rush alternates used red lettering and black pants for the occasion. Starting in 2022, both black uniforms would be paired with an alternate black helmet with black facemasks.[71]
Before the2023 season, the Cardinals unveiled new uniforms.[72] Most notably, the team opted to wear all-red uniforms at home and all-white uniforms on the road, with all-black uniforms as the alternate. The red uniform featured the state name in front in addition to white numbers with silver trim. The white uniform featured red numbers with black trim, and red and silver stripes along the pants and sleeves. The black alternate uniform design mirrored that of the white uniform, featuring red numbers with silver trim, and red and silver stripes along the pants and sleeves. On both uniforms, the silver sleeve stripe contained the team name. Both the red and white uniforms are worn with white helmets and silver facemasks, while the black uniform is worn with the black helmets from 2022. The new helmets featured silver flakes while the black helmet had red flakes in them.[73][74][75]
Ahead of the2025 season, the team unveiled a "Rivalries" uniform, which they would wear once per season at home against each of their NFC West opponents for three seasons. The primarily tan design featured sand speckles throughout the uniform, along with red numbers and stripes trimmed in copper. The modified cardinal head decal also featured red and white with copper trim.[76]
The Cardinals' playoff drought has exhibited resilience for some fans who have shown longtime devotion to the team. Some fans view the championship drought and loss record as the result of a convoluted "curse" that stems from the team's refusal to cede or share the disputed 1925 NFL title.[77] Fans of the Cardinals are often referred to as theRed Sea or theBird Gang; notable fans includeBlake Shelton andJordin Sparks.[78][79][80] In honor of the tragic death of former safetyPat Tillman, the Cardinals strengthened their relationship with members of the armed forces community. The team regularly markets to military personnel and frequently visits nearbyLuke Air Force Base in support of Arizona's servicemen.[81][82]
Both the oldest and most intense divisional rivalry for the Cardinals, the matchup saw both teams first meet during the1937 NFL season, while the Rams played in Cleveland, and the Cardinals were still originally located in Chicago. Both teams had played in St. Louis for a brief period in their histories, the Cardinals from 1960 to 1987 and the Rams from 1995 to 2015. Their Rivalry with theLos Angeles Rams has resurged in recent years as both teams found playoff success, despite the Cardinals' best efforts; the Rams have been 15–3 since hiring head coachSean McVay in 2017. The Week 17 matchup of the 2020 season saw both teams playing for a playoff berth; despite the injury to Rams quarterbackJared Goff, the Cardinals lost 18–7 and were eliminated from the postseason. The Cardinals' streak ended against the Rams the following season. They took the lead in the NFC over the Rams and started the season 7–0. In the following matchup, the Rams won on Monday Night Football; the Cardinals lost 6 of 10 games after their 7–0 start. The Cardinals would clinch a wild card berth after a week 17 win over theDallas Cowboys. They played the Rams in Los Angeles and lost 34–11 as Kyler Murray threw 2 interceptions with one returned for a touchdown.[83] The Rams lead the series 50–40–2 while leading the postseason series 2–0.[84]
One of the newer rivalries in the NFL, the Cardinals andSeattle Seahawks became divisional rivals after both were moved to theNFC West as a result of the league's realignment in 2002.[85] This rivalry has become one of the NFL's more bitter in recent years, as the mid-to-late 2010s often saw the Seahawks and Cardinals squaring off for NFC West supremacy. The rivalry featured such clashes between the likes ofCarson Palmer orKyler Murray for the Cardinals againstPete Carroll andRussell Wilson for the Seahawks during the era. Seattle leads the series 25–22–1, and the two teams have yet to meet in the playoffs.[86]
Though they first met in 1951 and would meet occasionally until 2000, this would not become a full-fledged rivalry until both teams were placed in the NFC West division in 2002.[87] While a close rivalry, it is often lopsided on both ends. After the 49ers won nine of ten meetings between 2009 and 2013, the Cardinals won eight straight meetings between 2014 and 2018. The49ers lead the series 34–29.[88]
The two teams have yet to meet in the playoffs.
The historic rivalry between the Cardinals and theChicago Bears features the only two teams that remain from the league's inception in 1920. At that time, the Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys, and the Cardinals were theRacine Cardinals.[89][90][91] In 1922, the matchup between the teams became known as "The Battle of Chicago" for 38 years, making it the first true rivalry in the league's history.[92] The Bears lead the all-time series 59–29–6.[93][94][95][96]
Whilst the Cardinals were located inSt. Louis from 1960 to 1987; the team took part in an instate rivalry with theKansas City Chiefs, with a trophy being awarded to the winner of the matchup.[97] The series ended after the Cardinals' move to Arizona in 1988. The Chiefs posted a 16–7–2 mark in its Governor's Cup series against the Cardinals from 1968 to 1987, going 3–1–1 in the regular season record and 13–6–1 in preseason play.[98]
Points scored: 489 (2015)
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| Chicago / St. Louis / Arizona Cardinals retired numbers[6][112] | ||||
| No. | Player | Position | Tenure | Retired |
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| 8 | Larry Wilson | S | 1960–1972 | 1970 |
| 40 | Pat Tillman | S | 1998–2001 | 2004 |
| 77 | Stan Mauldin | OT | 1946–1948 | 1948 |
| 88 | J. V. Cain | TE | 1974–1978 | 1979 |
| 99 | Marshall Goldberg1 | HB | 1939–1943, 1946–1948 | 1948 |
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| Chicago / St. Louis / Arizona Cardinals in the Pro Football Hall of Fame | ||||
| Players | ||||
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| No. | Player | Position(s) | Tenure | Inducted |
| 4 | Ernie Nevers | FB | 1929–1931 1930–1931 | 1963 |
| 3 | Jim Thorpe | RB | 1928 | 1963 |
| 13 | Guy Chamberlin | End & Coach | 1927–1928 | 1965 |
| 1 | John "Paddy" Driscoll | QB | 1920–1925 | 1965 |
| 2 | Walt Kiesling | G /DT Coach | 1929–1933 1944 | 1966 |
| 62, 2 | Charley Trippi | RB | 1947–1955 | 1968 |
| 33 | Ollie Matson | RB | 1952, 1954–1958 | 1972 |
| 81 | Dick "Night Train" Lane | CB | 1954–1959 | 1974 |
| 8 | Larry Wilson | S | 1960–1972 | 1978 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | WR | 1973 | 1987 |
| 81 | Jackie Smith | TE | 1963–1977 | 1994 |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf | OT | 1971–1983 | 1996 |
| 22 | Roger Wehrli | CB | 1969–1982 | 2007 |
| 22 | Emmitt Smith | RB | 2003–2004 | 2010 |
| 35 | Aeneas Williams | CB | 1991–2000 | 2014 |
| 13 | Kurt Warner | QB | 2005–2009 | 2017 |
| 32 | Edgerrin James | RB | 2006–2008 | 2020 |
| 16 | Duke Slater | OT | 1926–1931 | 2020 |
| 66 | Alan Faneca | G | 2010 | 2021 |
| 54 | Dwight Freeney | DE | 2015 | 2024 |
| 11 | Larry Fitzgerald | WR | 2004–2020 | 2026 |
| Coaches and Contributors | ||||
| Name | Position(s) | Tenure | Inducted | |
| Earl "Curly" Lambeau | Coach | 1950–1951 | 1963 | |
| Jimmy Conzelman | Coach | 1940–1942 1946–1948 | 1964 | |
| Charles Bidwill | Team Owner | 1933–1947 | 1967 | |
| Don Coryell | Head coach | 1973–1977 | 2023 | |
| Source(s):[115] | ||||
Italics = played a portion of career with the Cardinals and enshrined representing another team
Dierdorf, Smith, Wehrli and Wilson were members of the St. Louis Football Ring of Fame inThe Dome at America's Center when theRams played there from 1995 to 2015.
The Cardinals' Ring of Honor was started in2006 to mark the opening of State Farm Stadium.[116] It honors former Cardinal greats from all eras of the franchise's history. Following is a list of inductees and the dates that they were inducted.
| Elected to thePro Football Hall of Fame |
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| No. | Name | Position(s) | Seasons | Inducted |
| — | Charles Bidwill | Owner | 1933–1947 | August 12, 2006 |
| — | Jimmy Conzelman | Coach | 1940–1942 1946–1948 | |
| 1 | John "Paddy" Driscoll | QB Coach | 1920–1925 1920–1922 | |
| 99 | Marshall Goldberg | HB | 1939–1943 1946–1948 | |
| 81 | Dick "Night Train" Lane | CB | 1954–1959 | |
| 33 | Ollie Matson | HB | 1952, 1954–1958 | |
| 4 | Ernie Nevers | FB Coach | 1929–1931 1930–1931, 1939 | |
| 62, 2 | Charley Trippi | HB/QB | 1947–1955 | |
| 8 | Larry Wilson | S | 1960–1972 | September 10, 2006 |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf | OT | 1971–1983 | October 16, 2006 |
| 40 | Pat Tillman | S | 1998–2001 | November 12, 2006 |
| 22 | Roger Wehrli | CB | 1969–1982 | October 14, 2007 |
| 35 | Aeneas Williams | CB | 1991–2000 | November 10, 2008 |
| 13 | Kurt Warner | QB | 2005–2009 | June 18, 2014 |
| 22, 24 | Adrian Wilson | S | 2001–2012 | September 27, 2015 |
| 25, 81 | Roy Green | WR | 1979–1990 | October 2, 2016 |
| 7, 17 | Jim Hart | QB | 1966–1983 | December 3, 2017 |
| 3 | Carson Palmer | QB | 2013–2017 | September 29, 2019 |
| Source(s):[117][118] | ||||
The Cardinals have had 42 head coaches throughout their history. Their first head coach wasPaddy Driscoll, who compiled a 17–8–4 record with the team from1920 to1922.[119]Jimmy Conzelman,Jim Hanifan andKen Whisenhunt are tied as the longest-serving head coaches in Cardinals history.[120] On April 14, 2022, Mark Ahlemeier, the Cardinals equipment manager, retired after working with the organization for 41 seasons.[121] Their most recent head coach wasMike LaFleur
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The Cardinals' flagship radio station isKMVP-FM;Dave Pasch,A. Q. Shipley, and Paul Calvisi handle the radio broadcast.[122] Spanish-language radio broadcasts are heard on the combo ofKQMR/KHOV-FM "Latino Mix" under a contract withUnivisión, signed in 2015.[123] Before 2015, they were heard onKDVA/KVVA-FM "José FM", as well as co-ownedKBMB AM 710. The Cardinals were the first NFL team to offer all 20 preseason and regular season games on Spanish-language radio, doing so in 2000. Luis Hernandez andRolando Cantú are the Spanish broadcast team. The Cardinals have the most extensive Mexican affiliate network in the NFL, with contracts with Grupo Larsa (in the state of Sonora) andGrupo Radiorama (outside Sonora) and stations in 20 cities, includingHermosillo,Guadalajara andMexico City.
From 2017 to 2023, NBC affiliateKPNX broadcasts the team's preseason games on television (which, that year, included theHall of Fame Gamebroadcast by NBC), called by Pasch and Wolfley, with station anchor Paul Gerke as sideline reporter. The broadcasts were syndicated regionally toKTTU andKMSB-TV in Tucson, and, until the Raiders' move to Las Vegas,KVVU-TV in Las Vegas.[124][125]
In 2024,KTVK andKPHO purchased preseason broadcast rights to the Cardinals. This will be in addition to any Cardinals games already scheduled forKPHO.[126]
| City (all in Arizona) | Call sign | Frequency |
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| Phoenix | KTAR AM | 620 AM |
| KMVP-FM | 98.7 FM | |
| Tucson | KTZR AM | 1450 AM |
| Safford | KATO AM | 1230 AM |
| Sedona | KAZM AM | 780 AM |
| Lake Havasu City | KNTR AM | 980 AM |
| Prescott | KQNA AM | 1130 AM |
| KDDL FM | 94.3 FM | |
| Flagstaff | KVNA AM | 600 AM |
| Holbrook | KZUA-FM | 92.1 FM |
| Yuma | KBLU | 560 AM |
| Pinetop | KNKI FM | 106.7 FM |
| Miami | KIKO AM | 1340 AM |
| Kingman | KGMN-FM | 100.1 FM |
Notes
Having grown up in St. Louis, I was always resigned to the fact that the football Cardinals, regardless of where they were located, would never play in a Super Bowl.
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