Chicago Cardinals

The Chicago Cardinals, who are the modern day Arizona Cardinals, were an American football team based in Chicago, Illinois who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1922 through 1959 and the American Professional Football Association (APFA) from 1920 through 1921.

Football Almanac is pleased present a comprehensive Chicago Cardinals history which includes links to every Chicago Cardinals roster in history (every roster has every player who appeared in a game so this means every Chicago Cardinals player is just a click away as well), some Chicago Cardinals franchise facts, Chicago Cardinals regular season records, Chicago Cardinals Hall of Famers and other Chicago Cardinals historical facts.

IMPORTANT NOTE: See Arizona Cardinals team page for a comprehensive franchise history. This page ONLY contains data about the team while they were playing as the Chicago Cardinals, and not during its franchise.

How did they become the Cardinals? The Cardinals originally played in Chicago as a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team moved to St. Louis in 1960 and then to Chicago in 1988. Contrary to popular logic, the team was not named after the beautiful bird but instead because the team played in used maroon jerseys the original team (in pre-NFL years) had purchased from the University of Chicago. When an observer scoffed that the jerseys were “faded red,” team owner Chris O’Brien countered that they weren’t “faded red,” they were “cardinal red.” - Pro Football Hall of Fame (Franchise nicknames, Source)

Year Established:	1920
Home Town:	Chicago, Illinois

Year	League	Conference	Team Rosters	Wins	Losses	Ties	Coach(es)
1959	NFL	East	1959 Chicago Cardinals	2	10	0	Pop Ivy
1958	NFL	East	1958 Chicago Cardinals	2	9	1	Pop Ivy
1957	NFL	East	1957 Chicago Cardinals	3	9	0	Ray Richards
1956	NFL	East	1956 Chicago Cardinals	7	5	0	Ray Richards
1955	NFL	East	1955 Chicago Cardinals	4	7	1	Ray Richards
1954	NFL	East	1954 Chicago Cardinals	2	10	0	Joe Stydahar
1953	NFL	East	1953 Chicago Cardinals	1	10	1	Joe Stydahar
1952	NFL	American	1952 Chicago Cardinals	4	8	0	Joe Kuharich
1951	NFL	American	1951 Chicago Cardinals	1	1	0	Cecil Isbell
1951	NFL	American	1951 Chicago Cardinals	1	1	0	Phil Handler
1951	NFL	American	1951 Chicago Cardinals	2	8	0	Curly Lambeau
1950	NFL	American	1950 Chicago Cardinals	5	7	0	Curly Lambeau
1949	NFL	Western	1949 Chicago Cardinals	6	5	1	Phil Handler
1948	NFL	Western	1948 Chicago Cardinals	11	1	0	Jimmy Conzelman
1947	NFL	Western	1947 Chicago Cardinals	9	3	0	Jimmy Conzelman
1946	NFL	Western	1946 Chicago Cardinals	6	5	0	Jimmy Conzelman
1945	NFL	Western	1945 Chicago Cardinals	1	9	0	Phil Handler
1943	NFL	Western	1943 Chicago Cardinals	0	10	0	Phil Handler
1942	NFL	Western	1942 Chicago Cardinals	3	8	0	Jimmy Conzelman
1941	NFL	Western	1941 Chicago Cardinals	3	7	1	Jimmy Conzelman
1940	NFL	Western	1940 Chicago Cardinals	2	7	2	Jimmy Conzelman
1939	NFL	Western	1939 Chicago Cardinals	1	10	0	Ernie Nevers
1938	NFL	Western	1938 Chicago Cardinals	2	9	0	Milan Creighton
1937	NFL	Western	1937 Chicago Cardinals	5	5	1	Milan Creighton
1936	NFL	Western	1936 Chicago Cardinals	3	8	1	Milan Creighton
1935	NFL	Western	1935 Chicago Cardinals	6	4	2	Milan Creighton
1934	NFL	Western	1934 Chicago Cardinals	5	6	0	Paul Schissler
1933	NFL	Western	1933 Chicago Cardinals	1	9	1	Paul Schissler
1932	NFL		1932 Chicago Cardinals	2	6	2	Jack Chevigny
1931	NFL		1931 Chicago Cardinals	0	1	0	Roy Andrews
1931	NFL		1931 Chicago Cardinals	5	3	0	Ernie Nevers
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1930	NFL		1930 Chicago Cardinals	5	6	2	Ernie Nevers
1929	NFL		1929 Chicago Cardinals	6	6	1	Dewey Scanlon
1928	NFL		1928 Chicago Cardinals	1	5	0	Fred Gillies
1927	NFL		1927 Chicago Cardinals	3	7	1	Guy Chamberlin
1926	NFL		1926 Chicago Cardinals	5	6	1	Norm Barry
1925	NFL		1925 Chicago Cardinals	11	2	1	Norm Barry
1924	NFL		1924 Chicago Cardinals	5	4	1	Arnie Horween
1923	NFL		1923 Chicago Cardinals	8	4	0	Arnie Horween
1922	NFL		1922 Chicago Cardinals	8	3	0	Paddy Driscoll

Year	League	Conference	Team Rosters	Wins	Losses	Ties	Coach(es)
1921	APFA		1921 Chicago Cardinals	3	3	2	Paddy Driscoll
1920	APFA		1920 Chicago Cardinals	3	2	1	Paddy Driscoll

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