St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals, who are the modern day Arizona Cardinals, were an American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1960 through 1987.

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

Year	League	Conference	Team Rosters	Wins	Losses	Ties	Coach(es)
1987	NFL	NFC East	1987 St. Louis Cardinals	7	8	0	Gene Stallings
1986	NFL	NFC East	1986 St. Louis Cardinals	4	11	1	Gene Stallings
1985	NFL	NFC East	1985 St. Louis Cardinals	5	11	0	Jim Hanifan
1984	NFL	NFC East	1984 St. Louis Cardinals	9	7	0	Jim Hanifan
1983	NFL	NFC East	1983 St. Louis Cardinals	8	7	1	Jim Hanifan
1982	NFL	NFC	1982 St. Louis Cardinals	5	4	0	Jim Hanifan
1981	NFL	NFC East	1981 St. Louis Cardinals	7	9	0	Jim Hanifan
1980	NFL	NFC East	1980 St. Louis Cardinals	5	11	0	Jim Hanifan
1979	NFL	NFC East	1979 St. Louis Cardinals	5	11	0	Bud Wilkinson
1978	NFL	NFC East	1978 St. Louis Cardinals	6	10	0	Bud Wilkinson
1977	NFL	NFC East	1977 St. Louis Cardinals	7	7	0	Don Coryell
1976	NFL	NFC East	1976 St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	0	Don Coryell
1975	NFL	NFC East	1975 St. Louis Cardinals	11	3	0	Don Coryell
1974	NFL	NFC East	1974 St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	0	Don Coryell
1973	NFL	NFC East	1973 St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	Don Coryell
1972	NFL	NFC East	1972 St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	Bob Hollway
1971	NFL	NFC East	1971 St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	Bob Hollway
1970	NFL	NFC East	1970 St. Louis Cardinals	8	5	1	Charley Winner
1969	NFL	East Century	1969 St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	Charley Winner
1968	NFL	East Century	1968 St. Louis Cardinals	9	4	1	Charley Winner
1967	NFL	East Century	1967 St. Louis Cardinals	6	7	1	Charley Winner
1966	NFL	East	1966 St. Louis Cardinals	8	5	1	Charley Winner
1965	NFL	East	1965 St. Louis Cardinals	5	9	0	Wally Lemm
1964	NFL	East	1964 St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	Wally Lemm
1963	NFL	East	1963 St. Louis Cardinals	9	5	0	Wally Lemm
1962	NFL	East	1962 St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	Wally Lemm
1961	NFL	East	1961 St. Louis Cardinals	2	0	0	Chuck Drulis
1961	NFL	East	1961 St. Louis Cardinals	5	7	0	Pop Ivy
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1960	NFL	East	1960 St. Louis Cardinals	6	5	1	Pop Ivy

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