The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, … In 1982, the Cardinals qualified for the expanded 16-team playoff field with a 5–4 mark in the strike-shortened year, but fell 41–16 to the Green Bay Packers. However, due to the NFL playoff format then in force in which the division champions rotated between home-field advantage regardless of their respective records, the Cardinals missed out on a chance to host a first-round playoff game since it was the NFC East champion's turn to go on the road. Saquon Barkley. The Cardinals raced out a 7–0 record to open the 1974 season and won the NFC East championship—their first division or conference title since their unsuccessful title defense of 1948—on the strength of a season sweep of the Redskins. That is more than most of the showcases, except for the one in Tampa Bay two weeks ago. The overall mediocrity of the Cardinals, combined with an old stadium,[3] caused game attendance to dwindle, and once again the Bidwills decided to move the team, this time to either Baltimore, Phoenix, or Jacksonville. 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, who was paralyzed in a 1980 automobile accident, and hiring Wilkinson in 1978. A unique aspect of this move was that in addition to the NFL's blessing, the Bidwills needed permission from their new city's long-established baseball team in their new city to share the "Cardinals" nickname. ST. LOUIS (KFTK) - A player for the Jacksonville Jaguars honored former St. Louis Police Capt. The Cardinals finished 4–11–1 in 1986, but improved to 7–8 in 1987, falling just one win shy of the playoffs, losing 21–16 on the final Sunday of the season to the Cowboys. [clarification needed] Their first home game in St. Louis was at Sportsman's Park against the New York Giants on October 2, 1960. This weekends showcase featured around 140 players. In spite of what was considered lackluster performance in St. Louis, their overall record there (winning 187 games, losing 202, and 13 ties) (a winning percentage of .481) is easily the highest winning percentage for any of the three locations that the Cardinals have been associated with. For the 1978 season, Bidwill hired Bud Wilkinson, famous for building a football dynasty in 17 seasons at the University of Oklahoma. The team finished the year with a meaningless win over the Packers. That changes for the 2020-21 NFL Playoffs. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was selected as the 2020 NFL Most Valuable Player in voting conducted by the PFWA. 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 in any appearance. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. East St. Louis (East St. Louis, IL) NFL Player Stats. It remains the largest fourth-quarter comeback in NFL history. The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in St. Louis, Missouri as the St. Louis Cardinals from 1960 to 1987 before relocating to Tempe, Arizona in 1988. Tight end Tyler Eifert said after the game in a Tweet that "It was honor wearing David Dorn's name on my helmet today!" ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - A player for the Jacksonville Jaguars honored former St. Louis Police Capt. They began in Chicago, and remained there through the start of the NFL in 1920. The Cardinals initially held practices in the city park. Louis." With the Rams relocation back to Los Angeles, St. Louis became the first city to have lost two NFL teams that have relocated to the Western United States. The researchers say the brutal collisions and bone-jarring injuries associated with football often cause long-term pain, which contributes to continued use and abuse of pain-killing medications. On March 15, 1988, the NFL team owners voted to allow Bidwill to move the Cardinals from St. Louis to Tempe, Arizona for the 1988 NFL season. However, St. Louis persuaded them to stay with the promise of a stadium—what would become Busch Memorial Stadium (a new expansion team, the Falcons of the NFL, was eventually created for Atlanta and began play in 1966, and a different St. Louis team would move to Atlanta—the NBA Hawks in 1968). [2] With this loss, the Cardinals were dethroned from the divisional lead and became the first NFC team to reach 10 wins without qualifying for the playoffs. When it became obvious that the Cardinals could no longer hope to compete with the Chicago Bears, a move to St. Louis seemed to make sense. Hanifan would return triumphantly to St. Louis 14 years later, serving as offensive line coach during the St. Louis Rams' Super Bowl championship season in 1999. The NFL conducted a survey of St. Louis, and concluded that it was capable of supporting a team. Ezekiel Elliott. 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. The heart of this squad was the prolific trio of quarterback Neil Lomax, wide receiver Roy Green, and running back Ottis Anderson. The Vikings scored 16 points in the first seven minutes of the second half and cruised to a 30–14 victory. A 4–1–0 start to the 1965 season evaporated into a 5–9–0 finish. The Cardinals were competitive for much of the 1960s. St. Louis started 1978 with eight straight losses and finished at 6–10, and Wilkinson was fired in 1979 with the Cardinals at 3–10 and last in the NFC East. Kiley, Mike; ‘New Stadium at Issue in St. Louis, Too’; Asher, Mark; ‘Cardinals Owner Seen Leaning to Baltimore’; Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Before coming to desert, Cards were substandard in St. Louis", https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198712130crd.htm, "Chicago/St. This period for the franchise was characterized by exciting close games, come-from-behind nailbiters, and several frustrating near-misses. In 1966 (the team's first in the newly opened Busch Memorial Stadium), the Cardinals were in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–2–1 record, but a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, who went on to win the conference title, started a three-game losing streak to end the season, leaving St. Louis at 8–5–1. Ultimately, the Cardinals would become the only 10-win NFC team to miss the playoffs under a 14-game schedule. On January 15, 1988, Bill Bidwill, the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals football team, announces his plans to move the team to Phoenix from St. Louis. Extremely Blessed and Excited to announce that I have been Accepted into the 2020 NFL Draft Pool ?? Another mediocre season followed in 1967, with six wins, seven losses, and one tie. Please type in a player’s name or click on one of the links above. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. The Kansas City Chiefs have been the best team in the NFL but they might be trying to repeat as Super Bowl champions without their best player. Team stars from the 1970s included Wehrli, wide receiver Mel Gray, and running backs Terry Metcalf and Jim Otis. Tom Brady. The Cardinals shared Sportsman's Park with the baseball team. This event featured former […] St. Louis boasts a punter with a high pedigree and a big personality. Stellar performances by Anderson could not salvage the Cardinals' 1980 and 1981 campaigns, which ended at 5–11 and 7–9, respectively. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. On Thanksgiving 1976, the Cardinals suffered a controversial loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The 1987 season is remembered for a stunning comeback, rallying from a 28–3 deficit against the Buccaneers by scoring 28 points in the fourth quarter for a 31–28 victory. St. Louis started 1985 3–1, but finished 5–11, leading to the termination of coach Jim Hanifan after six seasons. The press and league fans began to call the team the "Cardiac Cardinals". Moreover, with competition from the nascent American Football League looming, NFL owners quickly concluded that their established league needed to maximize its geographical footprint to maintain its dominance. All Players Table; Player Pos Teams From To; Brian Schaefering: DT: CLE,DAL: 2009: 2012 They posted three consecutive shutouts in November, blanking the Oilers, Patriots, and the Cowboys, the last of those victories coming 38–0 on Monday Night Football in the Cotton Bowl. The Cardinals then regressed to three consecutive 4–9–1 seasons from 1971 to 1973. He was drafted by the Rams in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and played his entire twelve-year professional career with them. After this showcase, expect teams names and logos, and players signings next. Dierdorf, Smith, Wehrli and Wilson were members of the St. Louis Football Ring of Fame in The Dome at America's Center when the Rams played there from 1995 to 2015. In the franchise's first playoff game since 1948, St. Louis took an early 7–0 lead against the Minnesota Vikings in Bloomington, Minnesota, but a missed field goal just before halftime sapped the Cardinals' momentum. The sale would have to be approved by 24 of the 32 NFL owners. The relocation was the second in Rams franchise history; the team previously called Cleveland, Ohio home until 1946. In 1964, the Bidwills considered moving the team to Atlanta. David Dorn, who was killed during a night of violence and looting in St. Louis, by wearing Dorn's name on his helmet during Sunday's game. The Cardinals won the NFC East again in 1975, but were again locked out of playing at home in the first round – the playoff format had been changed during the 1975 offseason to ensure that the two division champions with the best records in each conference earned home field advantage in the divisional round – as it happened, the Cardinals were the lowest-seeded NFC division champion. Chicago Cardinals owner Violet Bidwill had married St. Louis businessman Walter Wolfner in 1949, two years after inheriting the team from her late first husband, Charles Bidwill. They finished 9–4–1 and second in the Eastern Conference, but a victory by the Browns over the New York Giants denied them a playoff berth. Patrick Mahomes. - Los Angeles Dodger / Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda (AP Wire, 08/18/1999) A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace The NFL returned to St. Louis in 1995, when the Los Angeles Rams relocated there. Violet Bidwill Wolfner died in 1962, and her sons, Bill and Charles, Jr. took control. If it goes well, I'll do more research to clean up my process during the offseason and could come back with weekly player … In the bullpen we have a Venezuelan, a Mexican, a guy from the United States and a guy from St. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC. ST. LOUIS, Mo- The National Football League playoff race is down to four teams. The following is a list of players that attended Western Illinois who were drafted in the NFL Draft from 1960-present. Pro Football Bob and weave! The Cardinals got off to a good start, and tied the Cleveland Browns 33–33 on the road. Larry Wilson retired following the 1972 season, and in 1973, Don Coryell, who built a powerhouse program at San Diego State, became head coach. © 2021 NFL Enterprises LLC. In 1961, they broke even at 7–7–0 (the NFL had expanded to a 14-game season to compete with the upstart AFL) and fell to 4–9–1 in 1962. Retired NFL players use painkillers at four times the rate of the general population, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 2008, in St. Louis. Their last home game was on December 13, 1987, in which the Cardinals won 27–24 over the New York Giants in front of 29,623 fans on a late Sunday afternoon.[5]. Little played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was recognized as an All-American. Their last game played at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis was against the Giants on December 13, 1987. Improving to 9–5–0 in 1963, the Cardinals almost reached the playoffs, but a loss to the Giants prevented that. While the practice of teams in the same city playing different sports under the same name was nothing new, in other cases the football team had deliberately copied the baseball team's name. The Cardinals and Rams became divisional rivals in 2002 after the NFL realigned from six divisions to eight; this meant that the Cardinals, now in the NFC West, would play one game in St. Louis annually until the 2015 season, when the Rams announced that they were moving back to Los Angeles. Only the New York Giants and Chicago Bears have been in the hands of one family longer than the Cardinals. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. [6] Both Jacksonville and Baltimore later got NFL teams of their own (in Baltimore's case, it was a return of the NFL) when the Jaguars began play in 1995, and the Ravens started in 1996 respectively. St. Louis fell back to 4–9–1 in 1969, but that season saw the debut of Roger Wehrli, a star safety at the University of Missouri who played 14 seasons for the Cardinals and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Bill Bidwill became sole owner in 1972 and owned the team until his death in 2019. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. St. Louis Rams players stage 'hands up, don't shoot' protest at NFL game in show of solidarity with Ferguson protesters. Bob Griese's record-setting day turned out to be the first of 12 straight losses for the Cardinals (extending into 1978), a streak which included being only the second team ever to lose to the previously winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the first to lose in Tampa Stadium. Coryell and several key players, including Dobler and Metcalf, departed the team at the end of the 1977 season. NFL Draft - Players from Western Illinois. Limbaugh has joined Dave Checketts, owner of the St Louis Blues hockey team, in exploring a bid for a 60% share in the team. Todd Gurley. The Vikings scored 16 points in the first seven minutes of the second half and cruised to a 30–14 victory. Popular Players. The Cardinals were (and remain) unique in American sports history in that they were a team with a long-established nickname that had moved to a city which hosted another major sports franchise which coincidentally had the same long-established name. In 1977, the Cardinals started slowly but won 6 consecutive games before losing the Thanksgiving Day game to the Miami Dolphins, 55–14. David Dorn, who was killed during a night of violence and looting in St. Louis… The Cardinals entered the final weekend of 1984 with a chance to win the NFC East by defeating the Redskins, but Neil O'Donoghue missed a game-winning field goal at the gun, giving Washington a 29–27 victory and the division championship; the team finished 9–7. [4] Nonetheless, Cardinals fans were unhappy at losing their team, and Bill Bidwill, fearing for his safety, stayed away from several of the 1987 home games. For the history of the team before 1960, see, History of the football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals when in St. Louis, The NFL returns to St. Louis, and then leaves. But St. Louis collapsed down the stretch, losing December games to the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Washington to finish 8–5–1 and out of the playoffs. 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