The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American Football team based in Tempe, Arizona. The Cardinals are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional American football club in the United States. They are the current NFC Champions. The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in 1920. Along the with Chicago Bears, the club is one of two franchises still in operation since the league's founding. The club moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 (sometimes referred to as the "football Cardinals" to avoid confusion with the baseball St. Louis Cardinals). Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, an eastern suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years 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 the northwestern suburb of Glendale. 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 instead in what is called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy. In the six-plus decades since winning the championship in 1947, the Cardinals have 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 only three division titles (1974, 1975, and 2008) since their 1947-1948 NFL championship game appearances. In addition, the club in 2008 became the last NFC team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to reach the Conference Championship Game. The Cardinals conduct their annual summer training camp at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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Franchise history

Chicago years (1898–1959)

The Cardinals are the oldest professional American football club in the United States. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The Cardinals began as an amateur athletic club team in Chicago named the Morgan Athletic Club, which was founded by Chicago painter/builder Chris O'Brien in 1898. The club's name changed to the Racine Normals , because they were originally located in Normal Park on Chicago's Racine Avenue (not Racine, Wisconsin, as mistaken in the notes from an early APFA meeting). Their name was changed to the Racine Cardinals after the club started wearing dark reddish uniforms inherited from the collegiate Chicago Maroons.

O'Brien later moved them to Chicago's Normal Park and renamed them the Racine Normals , since Normal Park was located on Racine Avenue in Chicago. In 1901, O'Brien bought used maroon uniforms from the University of Chicago, the colors of which had by then faded, leading O'Brien to exclaim, "That's not maroon, it's cardinal red!" It was then that the team changed its name to the Racine Cardinals .

The team disbanded in 1906 mostly for lack of local competition, but reformed in 1913. They were forced to suspend operations for a second time in 1918 because of World War I and the outbreak of the Spanish Flu Pandemic. They resumed operations later in the year, and have since operated continuously.

In 1920, the team became a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (which became the NFL in 1922), for a franchise fee of $100USD. The Cardinals and the Bears (originally founded as the Decatur Staleys before moving to Chicago in 1921) are the only charter members of the NFL still in existence, though the Green Bay Packers, who joined the league in 1921, existed prior to the formation of the NFL. The person keeping the minutes of the first league meeting, unfamiliar with the nuances of Chicago football, recorded the Cardinals as Racine, Wisconsin. The team was renamed the Chicago Cardinals in 1922, after the NFL placed a team in the Wisconsin city. That season the Cardinals moved to Comiskey Park.

The Cardinals won their first NFL championship in 1925, finishing the season with a record of 11-2-1. In a controversial ruling by the league, the Pottsville Maroons, the team with the best record, had their franchise revoked for violating the territorial rights of the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Thus, the Cardinals won the 1925 title by default.

The Cardinals posted a winning record only twice in the twenty years (1931 and 1935) after their championship—including 10 straight losing seasons from 1936 to 1945.

Dr. David Jones bought the team from O'Brien in 1929. In 1932 the team was purchased by Charles Bidwill, then a vice president of the Chicago Bears. The team has been under the ownership of the Bidwill family since then.

In 1942 on October 25 the Cardinals would lose their first of 29 straight games against the Cleveland Rams, finishing out their season with a 3–8 record, losing their last 6 games. In 1943 the Cardinals would record their first of two winless seasons going 0-10 in both the 1943 and 1944 seasons. In 1944, owing to player shortages caused by World War II, the Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merged for one year and were known as the "Card-Pitt", or derisively as the "Carpets". In 1945 after losing their first three games, the Cardinals would end their 29 game losing streak by winning against the Chicago Bears on October 14 in almost 4 years of futility, while finishing their season with a 1–9 record.

The Cardinals won their last NFL championship game in 1947 (28–21 over the Philadelphia Eagles) with their "Million-Dollar Backfield", which included quarterback Paul Christman, halfback Charley Trippi, halfback Elmer Angsman, and fullback Pat Harder, piling up 282 rushing yards. It was the franchise's first home playoff game, but Bidwill was not around to see it; he'd died before the season, leaving the team to his wife Violet. He had, however, beaten the Chicago Rockets of the upstart All-America Football Conference for the rights to Trippi. This signing is generally acknowledged as the final piece in the championship puzzle. They advanced to the championship game the next season, but lost 7–0 in a rematch with the Eagles, played in a heavy snowstorm that almost completely obscured the field. The next year, Violet Bidwill married St. Louis businessman Walter Wolfner.

The 1950s were dismal for the team, with only 33 victories for the decade. Most years found the Cardinals in last place and in their best year of the decade (1956), they finished second with a 7–5 record. Following the 1958 season, they traded their star running back Ollie Matson to the Los Angeles Rams for an unprecedented nine players, but this did little to improve the Cardinals. The team's poor performances, coupled with the near-mythic status of the crosstown Bears, resulted in a decline in attendance and revenue.

The 1959 season, the Cardinals last in Chicago, saw the team decline to a 2–10 record. They left their long-time Comiskey Park home to play four games at Soldier Field on Chicago's lakefront plus two "neutral site" games in Minneapolis. That did not improve attendance as Bidwill started looking elsewhere to move her team.

Eventually, the Bidwills engineered a deal with the NFL which sent the Cardinals to St. Louis beginning with the 1960 season, a move which also blocked St. Louis as a market against the emerging American Football League.

St. Louis years (1960–1987)

Coincidentally, St. Louis already had a baseball team called the "Cardinals". The established National League team eventually decided against pressing a formal objection to another sports team in the city using the same name. Sports fans and local news broadcasters called the team "The St. Louis Football Cardinals", "The Gridbirds" or "The Big Red" to distinguish the two teams.

The new "St. Louis Football Cardinals" were much improved, and the team was competitive for much of the 1960s. New stars emerged, such as Larry Wilson, Charley Johnson, Jim Bakken, Sonny Randle, and Jim Hart. However, in an era when only two or four teams qualified for the NFL playoffs, the Cardinals' playoff drought continued, though the team did advance to the Playoff Bowl in 1964.

Violet Bidwill Wolfner died in 1962, and her sons, Bill and Charles, Jr. took control. Bill Bidwill became sole owner in 1972 and still owns the team today. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants and Chicago Bears have been in the hands of one family longer than the Cardinals.

In 1973, Don Coryell became head coach and the Cardinals registered a 7–0 record to open the 1974 season. They won the NFC East then and in 1975, losing in the divisional playoffs both times. During this period, the Cardinals boasted an effective offense in the wake of a record-setting offensive line which included standouts Dan Dierdorf, Conrad Dobler, and Tom Banks.

This period for the franchise was characterized by exciting close games, come-from-behind nailbiters, and several frustrating near-misses. The press and league fans began to call the team the "Cardiac Cardinals". Team stars from the 1970s included Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Roger Wehrli, wide receiver Mel Gray, and running backs Terry Metcalf and Jim Otis.

The Cardinals experienced several years of notoriously poor drafts and unfortunate personnel moves in the late 1970s, typified by the first-round selection of kicker Steve Little and hiring of college coaching legend Bud Wilkinson in 1978. However, the Cardinals had some success in the early 1980s, posting three consecutive winning seasons from 1982 to 1984. The heart of this squad was the prolific trio of quarterback Neil Lomax, wide receiver Roy Green, and running back Ottis Anderson.

In 1987, the team's last in St. Louis, on November 8, the Cardinals had the 12th greatest comebacks in NFL history when trailing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28–3, the Cardinals scored 28 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to win the game 31–28.

During the Cardinals' 28-year stay in St. Louis, they advanced to the playoffs just three times (1974, 1975, 1982), never hosting or winning in any appearance. The team left St. Louis before the 1988 season, after Bidwill was unable to convince the city to build a new stadium.

Arizona years (1988–present)

In 1988, the Cardinals moved to Arizona, and the Phoenix Cardinals started playing home games in Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University. Before the 1994 season, in order to better market the franchise to a statewide fan base, the name of the team was changed to the Arizona Cardinals .

1990s

The Cardinals showed some promise in 1988 and 1989, only to be felled by late-season swoons. They would not even come close to the playoffs again until 1998.

In 1996, the team served as the backdrop for a popular romantic comedy, Jerry Maguire . The team's record of futility figured prominently in the screenplay by Cameron Crowe: the eponymous hero is a struggling sports agent whose only client is a flamboyant Cardinals wide receiver, Rod Tidwell. Cuba Gooding, Jr. won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Tidwell

Things began to look up during the 1998 season as Jake Plummer enjoyed his greatest stretch of success during his tenure with the franchise, in terms of victories at least, as his quarterback rating was still an average 75.0. The team during that time had once again been dubbed the Cardiac Cards by the local and national media ^[4] as eight of their 16 regular-season games were decided by three points or less, and seven of those games ended in favor of the Cardinals. With a 6–7 record going into the 15th week, the team won 3 straight games to clinch a playoff spot, including one overtime win, with a total margin of those 3 victories a mere 8 points. It was only the team's second non-losing season since 1984.

The fact that none of their victories had been against teams with winning records made them heavy underdogs going into their Wild Card Playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys. Considering their two regular season losses to the Cowboys and the fact that they had been on the losing end of 16 of the last 17 games against their division rivals, including 9 straight losses at Texas Stadium, ^[5] the "Team of the Nineties" seemed to have history, among other forces, on their side. To further the situation, the Cardinals franchise had not won a single playoff game since their title year of 1947, resulting in the longest active drought in professional sports history.

The Cardinals won the game 20–7; however, the game wasn't even that close, as Arizona thoroughly dominated the Cowboys on both ends of the football throughout the game. The Cardinals jumped out to a 10-0 halftime lead. The Cardinals would later increase that lead to 20-0 in the final minutes of the 4th quarter. The Cowboys' only score was a touchdown late in the 4th quarter, and the Cardinals held on for the upset. The Cardinals, who had suffered for 51 years as the NFL's doormat, finally had a playoff win. However, the distinction was short lived as the Cardinals fell in the divisional round of the playoffs to the Minnesota Vikings who possessed a 15-1 record as well as the highest-scoring offense in NFL history, a record which was broken by the 2007 New England Patriots. The Vikings won the game 41-21 in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. ^[6]

The Cardinals would not have another winning record until 2008. Coming off their playoff run in 1998, the Cardinals were expected to do bigger and better things in 1999, but a tough schedule ranked in the top 5 as well as key injuries resulted in what would be another disappointing season, getting off to a 2–6 start. However, the Cards would make another run winning 4 straight to get back into the playoff chase, but it was not meant to be as Arizona lost their last 4 to finish with a disappointing 6–10 record. The team finished with 5–11 records in 2005 and 2006.

2000s

In 2000, Maricopa County voters passed a ballot initiative by a margin of 51% to 49%, providing funding for a new Cardinals stadium (as well as for improvements to Major League Baseball spring training facilities in the greater Phoenix region; and youth recreation). After some legal obstacles, the Cardinals began construction of their new facility in April 2003, in Glendale, one of the western suburbs of Phoenix. University of Phoenix Stadium features a retractable roof and a slide-out grass surface, which is good for the hot desert weather; the new stadium has a state-of-the-art air-conditioning system and high-back seats.

Despite moving to St. Louis and then to Arizona, for decades the Cardinals remained in either an Eastern conference or division. When the league was divided into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1953 season, the Cardinals 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 the club's objection, as part of the 2002 realignment.

Their current division rivals are the St. Louis Rams (the Cardinals' first trip to St. Louis since the realignment was a nationally televised game on ESPN), San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks.

The 2006 season was one that gave many Cards fans optimism as the team drafted highly touted quarterback Matt Leinart and signed free agent running back Edgerrin James. However the lofty expectations were not to be as the team was plagued with inconsistency as the Cards struggled out of the gate with a record of 1–8. A notable low point of the season was in a home game against the Chicago Bears, the Cards squandered a 20 point lead to lose the game 24–23. The game was notable for coach Dennis Green's post-game conference outburst in which he made the now famous line "They are who we thought they were!". The Cards went 4–3 down the stretch to finish the season at 5–11, but it wasn't enough to save Green's job, as he was fired at season's end.

The Ken Whisenhunt Era

In 2007, the Arizona Cardinals announced the firing of coach Dennis Green. The leading candidate to coach the Cardinals after the firing was Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt. He was hired on January 14, 2007, with a contract of $2.5 million annually for four years. The Cardinals started their first 10 games at 5–5, and ended the season at 8–8, barely missing the playoffs in Whisenhunt's first season as head coach.

In 2008, the Cardinals started out with one of the best offenses in the league, led by former NFL MVP quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receivers Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin. The Cardinals' decision to approach the 2008 season with Kurt Warner at quarterback instead of Leinart drew criticism, but majorly contributed to their qualifying for the playoffs that year, with Warner passing for 4,583 yards and 30 touchdowns.. ^[7] At the halfway point of the season, the Cardinals led their division, for the first time since 1998, with a record of 7–3.



On December 7, 2008, the Cardinals won the NFC West Division by beating the St. Louis Rams 34–10. In the process, they clinched their first playoff berth since 1998, and their first division title since 1975 (and third of the post-merger era). However, they proceeded to lose two of their last three regular season games, to the Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots, in blowout losses.

On January 3, 2009, the Cardinals won their first playoff game since 1998 and their second since moving to Arizona by beating the Atlanta Falcons 30–24. This was also only the second home playoff game in franchise history, the first being the 1947 title game. In fact, the Cardinals never hosted a playoff game in St. Louis despite winning two division titles.

After the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants, the Cardinals hosted their first NFC Championship game in Arizona. There they defeated the Eagles 32–25 and won the first NFC Championship game in team history, but lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII 27–23.

2009

In the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft the Cardinals selected Chris "Beanie" Wells out of Ohio State University to replace the aging Edgerrin James who was not retained.

Logo and uniforms

The team has used the cardinal red jerseys since Chris O'Brien bought them for the club in 1901. And for most of its 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 in 1947, the team had a logo of a cardinal bird perched on the stitches of a football. However, the club did not attach a logo to their helmets until they debuted a cardinal-head logo in 1960, the year the franchise moved from Chicago to St. Louis. When the Cardinals moved to Arizona in 1988, the flag of Arizona was added to the sleeves. And in 1990, the team began wearing red pants with their white jerseys.

In 2005, the team unveiled its first major changes in a century. The cardinal-head logo was updated to be sleeker and more menacing than its predecessor, which had been derisively called a "parakeet." ^[8] Black was added as an accent color, while trim lines were added to the outside shoulders and sleeves, and the sides of the jerseys and pants. Both the red and white jerseys have the option of red or white pants.

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 at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers. The Packers won 31-14, and the Cards headed into their bye week with a 1-7 mark. Following their bye week, the Cardinals came out in their all-red combination at home against the Dallas Cowboys and lost, 27-10. Arizona did not wear the red pants since that loss to the Cowboys, and managed to win four of their last seven games. However, the following season, in 2007, the Cardinals again wore their red pants for some of their games. They wore red pants with their white jersey in games on the road at the Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks. They paired red pants with the red jersey, wearing the all-red combination for home games against the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and St. Louis Rams. In 2008, the red pants have not been worn.

For their first 18 years in Arizona, the Cardinals, like many 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-colored 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 University of Phoenix Stadium in 2006, as early-season games (and other day home games not in the early portion of the season where the temperature outside the stadium is still very warm) are played with the roof closed (except for home games with the temperature outside the stadium at a more comfortable level along with night games excluding preseason). With the temperature inside at a comfortable 70°F (21°C), Green opted to have the Cardinals wear their red jerseys at home full-time. In 2008, the Cardinals did wear their white jersey at home though, for the first time in University of Phoenix Stadium on August 29, 2008 in a preseason game against the Denver Broncos.

Although the team does sell its previous team colored jersey as an alternate "fashion jersey" and even has it listed as the team's "alternate jersey", the team has yet to wear them in a game as a third jersey since retiring the jersey in 2005.

Season-by-season records

Single-season records

Points Scored : 427 (2008)

Passing

• Passing Yards : 4,583 Kurt Warner (2008)
• Passing Touchdowns : 30 Kurt Warner (2008)
• Passes Completed : 401 Kurt Warner (2008)
• Passes Attempted : 598 Kurt Warner (2008)
• Longest Completed Pass Thrown : 98 Yards Doug Russell (1932) / Ogden Compton (1957) / Jim Hart (1972)
• Consecutive Games With a Touchdown Pass : 22 Kurt Warner (2007-2008)

Rushing

• Rushing Yards : 1605 Ottis Anderson (1979)
• Rushing Attempts : 337 Edgerrin James (2006)
• Rushing Touchdowns : 14 John David Crow (1962)
• Rushing Touchdowns (Rookie) : 10 Tim Hightower (2008)
• Longest Rushing Attempt : 83 yards John David Crow (1958)
• Rushing Yards Per Game : 100.3 yards Ottis Anderson (1979)

Receiving

• Receptions : 103 Larry Fitzgerald (2005)
• Receiving Yards : 1,596 David Boston (2001)
• Receiving Touchdowns : 15 Sonny Randle (1960)

Returns

• Punt Returns in a Season : 44 Vai Sikahema (1987)
• Longest Punt Returns : 95 yards Frank Bernardi (1956)

Kicking

• Field Goals : 40* Neil Rackers (2005)
• Extra Points Made : 53 Pat Harder (1948)

* NFL Record

Cardinals career records

• Passing Yards : 34,639 Jim Hart (1966–1983)
• Passing Touchdowns : 209 Jim Hart (1966–1983)
• Rushing Yards : 7,999 Ottis Anderson (1979–1986)
• Receptions : 535 Larry Centers (1991–1998)
• Receiving Yards : 8,496 Roy Green (1979–1990)
• Pass Interceptions : 54 Larry Wilson (1960–2002) [49]
• Field Goals Made : 282 Jim Bakken(1962-1978)
• Points : 1,380 Jim Bakken (1962-1978)
• Total Touchdowns : 69 Roy Green (1979–1990)
• Punt Return Average : 17.7 Red Cochran (1947–1949)
• Kickoff Return Average : 28.5 Ollie Matson (1952–1958)
• Punting Average : 45.0 Jerry Norton (1959–1961)
• Sacks : 66.5 Freddie Joe Nunn (1985–1993)

Players of note

Current roster

Quarterbacks  7 Matt Leinart  2 Brian St. Pierre 13 Kurt Warner Running Backs 28 J. J. Arrington 46 Tim Castille FB 34 Tim Hightower 32 Edgerrin James 45 Terrelle Smith FB Wide Receivers 81 Anquan Boldin 15 Steve Breaston KR/PR 80 Early Doucet 11 Larry Fitzgerald 87 Sean Morey 85 Jerheme Urban Tight Ends 89 Ben Patrick 82 Leonard Pope 83 Stephen Spach 84 Jerame Tuman		Offensive Linemen 61 Elton Brown G/T 75 Levi Brown T 69 Mike Gandy T 72 Brandon Keith T 76 Deuce Lutui G 70 Pat Ross C/G 63 Lyle Sendlein C 68 Elliot Vallejo T 74 Reggie Wells G/C Defensive Linemen 78 Alan Branch NT 93 Calais Campbell DE 90 Darnell Dockett DE 79 Kenny Iwebema DE 97 Bryan Robinson NT/DE 94 Antonio Smith DE 98 Gabe Watson NT		Linebackers 52 Monty Beisel ILB 92 Bertrand Berry OLB/DE 58 Karlos Dansby ILB 54 Gerald Hayes ILB 55 Travis LaBoy OLB/DE 56 Chike Okeafor OLB 51 Pago Togafau ILB Defensive Backs 27 Michael Adams CB 20 Ralph Brown CB 47 Aaron Francisco SS 25 Eric Green CB 26 Roderick Hood CB 29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB 21 Antrel Rolle FS 22 Matt Ware FS 24 Adrian Wilson SS Special Teams  5 Ben Graham P 48 Nathan Hodel LS  1 Neil Rackers K		Reserve Lists 53 Clark Haggans OLB (IR) 95 Ali Highsmith ILB (IR) 64 Scott Peters C/G (IR) Practice Squad 43 Eduardo Castañeda ILB Int'l 73 Keilen Dykes DE 23 Wilrey Fontenot CB 86 Onrea Jones WR 19 Lance Long WR 60 Enoka Lucas C/G 59 Kelly Poppinga ILB 49 Alex Shor TE Rookies in italics updated 2008-12-10 • 53 Active, 3 Inactive, 8 PS ? More rosters

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Chicago Cardinals

• Charles Bidwill, team owner
• 1 Jimmy Conzelman, QB-CB, head coach
• 1 John "Paddy" Driscoll, QB-S-K-P, head coach
• 2 Walt Kiesling, G-DT, head coach
• 4 Ernie Nevers, RB-S
• 13 Guy Chamberlin, TE-DE
• 33 Ollie Matson, RB
• 62 Charley Trippi, RB-QB
• 81 Dick "Night Train" Lane, CB

St. Louis Cardinals

• 8 Larry Wilson, S
• 22 Roger Wehrli, CB
• 72 Dan Dierdorf, OT
• 81 Jackie Smith, TE

Wilson, Dierdorf, Smith, Conrad Dobler (66, G), Jim Hart (17, QB), and Jim Hanifan (head coach) have been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

Retired numbers

• 8 Larry Wilson (St. Louis)
• 40 Pat Tillman (Arizona)
• 77 Stan Mauldin (Chicago)
• 88 J. V. Cain (St. Louis)
• 99 Marshall Goldberg (Chicago)

Ring of Honor

The Cardinals' Ring of Honor was started in 2006 to mark the opening of University of Phoenix Stadium. 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.

• Charles Bidwill, Owner (12 August 2006)
• Jimmy Conzelman, Coach (12 August 2006)
• Dan Dierdorf, T (16 October 2006)
• John "Paddy" Driscoll, QB (12 August 2006)
• Marshall Goldberg, HB (12 August 2006)
• Dick "Night Train" Lane, DB (12 August 2006)
• Ollie Matson, HB (12 August 2006)
• Ernie Nevers, FB (12 August 2006)
• Charley Trippi, HB/QB (12 August 2006)
• Roger Wehrli, CB (14 October 2007)
• Larry Wilson, S (10 September 2006)
• Pat Tillman, S (12 November 2006)
• Aeneas Williams, CB (9 November 2008)

First-round draft picks

The Chicago Years, 1936-1959 ^[9]

Year	Player	College	Position
1936	Jim Lawrence	TCU	Back
1937	Ray Buivid	Marquette	Back
1938	Jack Robbins	Arkansas	Back
1939	Charles (Ki) Aldrich	TCU	Center

1940s

Year	Player	College	Position
1940	George Cafego	Tennessee	Back
1941	John Kimbrough	Texas A&M	Back
1942	Steve Lach	Duke	Back
1943	Glenn Dobbs	Tulsa	Back
1944	Pat Harder	Wisconsin	Back
1945	Charley Trippi	Georgia	Back
1946	Dub Jones	LSU	Back
1947	DeWit (Tex) Coulter	Army	Tackle
1948	Jim Spavital	Oklahoma A&M	Back
1949	Bill Fischer	Notre Dame	Guard

1950s

Year	Player	College	Position
1950	No 1st Rd Pick, Jack Jennings, (2nd Round)	Ohio State	Tackle
1951	Jerry Groom	Notre Dame	Center
1952	Ollie Matson	San Francisco	Back
1953	John Olszewski	California	Back
1954	Lamar McHan	Arkansas	Back
1955	Max Boydston	Oklahoma	End
1956	Joe Childress	Auburn	Back
1957	Jerry Tubbs	Oklahoma	Center
1958	King Hill	Rice	Back
1958	John David Crow	Texas A&M	Back
1959	Bill Stacy	Mississippi State	Back

The St. Louis Years, 1960-1987

Year	Player	College	Position
1960	George Izo	Notre Dame	Quarterback
1961	Ken Rice	Auburn	Tackle
1962	Fate Echols	Northwestern	Defensive Tackle
1962	Irv Goode	Kentucky	Center
1963	Jerry Stovall	LSU	Safety
1963	Don Brumm	Purdue	Defensive End
1964	Ken Kortas	Louisville	Defensive Tackle
1965	Joe Namath	Alabama	Quarterback
1966	Carl McAdams	Oklahoma	Linebacker
1967	Dave Williams	Washington	Wide Receiver
1968	MacArthur Lane	Utah State	Running Back
1969	Roger Wehrli	Missouri	Defensive Back

1970s

Year	Player	College	Position
1970	Larry Stegent	Texas A&M	Running Back
1971	Norm Thompson	Utah	Cornerback
1972	Bobby Moore	Oregon	Running Back/Wide Receiver
1973	Dave Butz	Purdue	Defensive Tackle
1974	J. V. Cain	Colorado	Tight End
1975	Tim Gray	Texas A&M	Defensive Back
1976	Mike Dawson	Arizona	Defensive Tackle
1977	Steve Pisarkiewicz	Missouri	Quarterback
1978	Steve Little	Arkansas	Kicker
1978	Ken Greene	Washington State	Defensive Back
1979	Ottis Anderson	Miami	Running Back

1980s

Year	Player	College	Position
1980	Curtis Greer	Michigan	Defensive End
1981	E. J. Junior	Alabama	Linebacker
1982	Luis Sharpe	UCLA	Tackle
1983	Leonard Smith	McNeese State	Defensive Back
1984	Clyde Duncan	Tennessee	Wide Receiver
1985	Freddie Joe Nunn	Mississippi	Linebacker
1986	Anthony Bell	Michigan State	Linebacker
1987	Kelly Stouffer	Colorado State	Quarterback

The Arizona Years, 1988-present

Year	Player	College	Position
1988	Ken Harvey	California	Linebacker
1989	Eric Hill	LSU	Linebacker
1989	Joe Wolf	Boston College	Guard
1990	No 1st Rd Pick, Anthony Thompson (2nd Round)	Indiana	Running Back
1991	Eric Swann	No College	Defensive End
1992	No 1st Rd Pick, Tony Sacca, (2nd Round)	Penn State	Quarterback
1993	Garrison Hearst	Georgia	Running Back
1993	Ernest Dye	South Carolina	Tackle
1994	Jamir Miller	UCLA	Linebacker
1995	No 1st Rd Pick, Frank Sanders, (2nd Round)	Auburn	Wide Receiver
1996	Simeon Rice	Illinois	Defensive End
1997	Tom Knight	Iowa	Defensive Back
1998	Andre Wadsworth	Florida State	Defensive End
1999	David Boston	Ohio State	Wide Receiver
1999	L.J. Shelton	Eastern Michigan	Tackle

2000s

Year	Player	College	Position
2000	Thomas Jones	Virginia	Running Back
2001	Leonard Davis	Texas	Tackle
2002	Wendell Bryant	Wisconsin	Defensive Tackle
2003	Bryant Johnson	Penn State	Wide Receiver
2003	Calvin Pace	Wake Forest	Defensive End
2004	Larry Fitzgerald	Pittsburgh	Wide Receiver
2005	Antrel Rolle	Miami	Cornerback
2006	Matt Leinart	Southern California	Quarterback
2007	Levi Brown	Penn State	Left Tackle
2008	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	Tennessee State	Cornerback
2009	Chris Wells	Ohio State	Running Back

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Current staff

	Front Office Owner/Chairman - Bill Bidwill President - Michael Bidwill Vice President - Bill Bidwill, Jr. General Manager/Vice President of Football Operations - Rod Graves Personnel Executive - Jason Licht Director of Football Administration - Reggie Terry Director of Player Personnel - Steve Keim Head Coaches Head Coach - Ken Whisenhunt Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line - Russ Grimm Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator - Todd Haley Quarterbacks - Jeff Rutledge Running Backs - Maurice Carthon Wide Receivers - Mike Miller Tight Ends - Freddie Kitchens Offensive Quality Control - Dedric Ward			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator - Clancy Pendergast Defensive Line - Ron Aiken Linebackers - Billy Davis Defensive Backs - Teryl Austin Assistant Defensive Backs - Rick Courtright Defensive Assistant - Matt Raich Special Teams Coaches Special Teams - Kevin Spencer Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning - John Lott Strength and Conditioning Assistant - Pete Alosi ? ? More NFL staffs

Radio and television

The Cardinals' flagship radio station was KMVP, "ESPN Radio 860." KMVP assumed the broadcast rights in 2006 after many years on KSLX-FM and KDUS. Dave Pasch, Ron Wolfley, and Paul Calvisi handle the radio broadcast. Most preseason games are televised on KNXV, channel 15, the local ABC affiliate. Mike Goldberg and Bill Lewis are the TV announcers.

On New Year's Day 2007, KMVP began a simulcast of KTAR, which switched to an all-sports format (the news/talk station became 92.3, KTAR-FM). For the 2007 season, KTAR was the official flagship station; however, some broadcasts were also be heard on 92.3 FM because of conflicts with Arizona Diamondbacks baseball games on 620 AM.

Notes and references

1. Arizona Cardinals team history, azcardinals.com
2. "NFL History 1896-1910", NFL.com
3. Arizona Cardinals team history, profootballhof.com
4. "'Boys wary of cardiac Cards", ESPN.com December 29, 1998
5. 2004 NFL Record & Fact Book
6. 2004 NFL Record & Fact Book
7. "The Cost of Contending", The Good Point
8. "Arizona brushes up logo of outdated bird", MSNBC.com January 29, 2005
9. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Edited by Randall Liu, pp. 393, Workman Publishing, 2001, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2