Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team was founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and is the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States.[1] The Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.

Arizona Cardinals
Current season
Established 1898 (1898) Play in State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona
Arizona Cardinals logo Arizona Cardinals wordmark Logo Wordmark
League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933–1949) American Conference (1950–1952) Eastern Conference (1953–1969) Century Division (1967–1969) National Football Conference (1970–present) NFC East (1970–2001) NFC West (2002–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Cardinal red, white, black[1][2][3]
Mascot	Big Red
Personnel
Owner(s)	Bidwill family
Chairman	Michael Bidwill
President	Michael Bidwill
Head coach	Kliff Kingsbury
General manager	Steve Keim
Team history
Since 1920:[4] Chicago Cardinals (1920–1943, 1945–1959) Card-Pitt (1944) St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987) Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993) Arizona Cardinals (1994–present)
Team nicknames
The Cards Big Red Bird Gang
Championships
League championships (2) NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (2) 1925, 1947
Conference championships (1) NFC: 2008
Division championships (7) NFL Western: 1947, 1948 NFC East: 1974, 1975 NFC West: 2008, 2009, 2015
Playoff appearances (10)
NFL: 1947, 1948, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
Home fields
Since 1920: Normal Park (1920–1921, 1926–1928) Comiskey Park (1922–1925, 1929–1930, 1939–1958) Wrigley Field (1931–1938) Soldier Field (1959, 4 games) Metropolitan Stadium (1959, 2 games) Sportsman's Park (1960–1965) Busch Memorial Stadium (1966–1987) Sun Devil Stadium (1988–2005) State Farm Stadium (2006–present)

The team was established in Chicago in 1898 as an amateur football team and joined the NFL as a charter member on September 17, 1920.[4] Along with the Chicago Bears, the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league's founding (the Green Bay Packers were an independent team until they joined the NFL a year after its creation in 1921). The club then moved to St. Louis in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 (sometimes referred to locally in St. Louis as the "Football Cardinals", the "Gridbirds" or the "Big Red" to avoid confusion with the Major League Baseball team of the same name). Before the 1988 season, the team moved west to Tempe, Arizona, a college suburb east of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 seasons at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University. In 2006, the club moved to their current home field in Glendale, although the team's executive offices and training facility remain in Tempe.

The franchise has won two NFL championships, both while it was based in Chicago. The first occurred in 1925, but is the subject of controversy, with supporters of the Pottsville Maroons believing that Pottsville should have won the title. Their second title, and the first to be won in a championship game, came in 1947, nearly two decades before the first Super Bowl. They returned to the title game to defend in 1948, but lost the rematch 7–0 in a snowstorm in Philadelphia.

Since winning the championship in 1947, the team suffered many losing seasons, and currently holds the longest active championship drought of North American sports at 72 consecutive seasons. In 2012 the Cardinals became the first NFL franchise to lose 700 games since its inception. The franchise's all-time win-loss record (including regular season and playoff games) at the conclusion of the 2019 season is 565–772–41 (558–763–41 in the regular season, 7–9 in the playoffs).[5] They have been to the playoffs ten times and have won seven playoff games, three of which were victories during their run in the 2008–09 NFL playoffs. During that season, they won their only NFC Championship Game since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, and reached Super Bowl XLIII (losing 27–23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers). The team has also won five division titles (1974, 1975, 2008, 2009 and 2015) since their 1947–48 NFL championship game appearances. The Cardinals are the only NFL team who have never lost a playoff game at home, with a 5–0 record: the 1947 NFL Championship Game, two postseason victories during the aforementioned 2008–09 NFL playoffs, one during the 2009–10 playoffs, and one during the 2015–16 playoffs.

From 1988 to 2012 (except 2005, when they trained in Prescott), the Cardinals conducted their annual summer training camp at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. The Cardinals moved their training camp to State Farm Stadium (then known as University of Phoenix Stadium) in 2013. The stadium was the site of the 2015 Pro Bowl, unlike in past years, where it was held at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The stadium also played host to Super Bowls XLII and XLIX, and will host Super Bowl LVII in 2023.

Franchise history

Main article: History of the Arizona Cardinals

Chicago

Main article: History of the Chicago Cardinals

The franchise's inception dates back to 1898, when a neighborhood group gathered to play in the Chicago South Side, calling themselves Morgan Athletic Club. Chicago painting and building contractor Chris O'Brien acquired the team, which he relocated to Normal Field on Racine Avenue. The team was known as Racine Normals until 1901, when O'Brien bought used jerseys from the University of Chicago. He described the faded maroon clothing as "Cardinal red" and the team became the Racine Street Cardinals. The team eventually became in 1920 a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which two years later was rechristened to National Football League (NFL). The team entered the league as the Racine Cardinals, however the name was changed in 1922 to Chicago Cardinals to avoid confusion with the Horlick-Racine Legion, who entered the league the same year.[6] Except for 1925, when they were awarded the championship after the Pottsville Maroons were suspended, the Cardinals experienced only minimal success on the playing field during their first 26 seasons in the league. During the post-World War II years, the team reached two straight NFL finals against the Philadelphia Eagles, winning in 1947 – eight months after Charles Bidwill's death – and losing the following year. After years of bad seasons and losing fans to the cross-town rivals Chicago Bears, by the late 1950s the Cardinals were almost bankrupt, and owner Violet Bidwill Wolfner became interested in a relocation.

St. Louis

Main article: History of the St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

Due to the formation of the rival American Football League, the NFL allowed Bidwill to relocate the team to St. Louis, Missouri, where they became the St. Louis Cardinals (locally, they were called the "Big Red", the "Gridbirds" or the "Football Cardinals" in order to avoid confusion with the baseball team of the same name).[7] 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 overall mediocrity of the Cardinals, combined with a then-21-year-old stadium, caused game attendance to dwindle, and owner Bill Bidwill decided to move the team to Arizona.

Phoenix

Not long after the 1987 NFL season, Bidwill agreed to move to Phoenix on a handshake deal with state and local officials, and the team became the Phoenix Cardinals.[8] The franchise changed its geographic name from Phoenix to Arizona on March 17, 1994.[4][9] (The franchise has never played in the city of Phoenix proper, however there are several NFL teams which do not play in their market's central cities.) The 1998 NFL season saw the Cardinals break two long droughts, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in 16 years. The team got their first postseason win since 1947 by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 20–7 in the Wild Card Playoffs.[10] In 2008, the Cardinals, led by quarterback Kurt Warner, won the NFC Championship Game to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. They lost Super Bowl XLIII 27–23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final seconds.[9]

After their historic 2008 season, the Cardinals posted a 10–6 record in 2009, their first season with 10 wins in Arizona. The Cardinals clinched their second consecutive NFC West title, and were defeated by eventual Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints 45–14 in the divisional playoffs. The next time they would make the playoffs would be in 2014, when they ended up as a wild card. They set the best regular-season record in the team's history in Arizona at 11–5, but were defeated by the 7–8–1 NFC South champions Carolina Panthers.

The next year, the Cardinals set a franchise-best 13–3 record, and clinched their first-ever first-round playoff bye as the NFC's second seed. They defeated the Green Bay Packers 26–20 in overtime, giving quarterback Carson Palmer his first playoff victory. The Cardinals then advanced to their second NFC Championship Game in their history, but were blown out by the top-seeded 15–1 Panthers 49–15, committing seven turnovers.[11]

Logos and uniforms

Phoenix Cardinals uniform: 1989–1995

Arizona Cardinals uniform: 1996–2004

Chicago Cardinals logo.

Starting in 1947, the team had a logo of a cardinal bird perched on the laces of a football.

The Cardinals moved to Arizona in 1988, and the flag of Arizona was added to the sleeves the following year. In 1990, the team began wearing red pants with their white jerseys, as new coach Joe Bugel wanted to emulate his former employer, the Washington 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).

In 1994, 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 relocated 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: at Cleveland 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 a 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, prior to the team's makeover.

In 2005, 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".[12] 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.[13]

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 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, in 2007, 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 in 2008, but they were used in home games vs. Seattle, Minnesota, and St. Louis in 2009. 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 were not used again until 2018, when they broke out the combination against the Kansas City Chiefs.

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 the Denver Broncos.

The Cardinals wore white at home for the first time in a regular season game at State Farm Stadium against the Houston Texans on October 11, 2009. In October 2009, the NFL recognized Breast 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.[14]

From 1970 through 1983, and again in many seasons between 1989 and 2002, the Cardinals would wear white when hosting the Dallas Cowboys in order to force the Cowboys to don their "jinxed" blue jerseys. They have not done this since moving into State Farm Stadium, however.

The 2010 season saw the Cardinals debut a new, alternate black jersey.[15] In 2017, the Cardinals debuted an all-black set for the NFL 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.

Seasons and overall records

Main article: List of Arizona Cardinals seasons

Single-season records

Points Scored: 489 (2015)

Passing

• Passing yards: 4,671 – Carson Palmer (2015)[16]
• Passing touchdowns: 35 – Carson Palmer (2015)[16]
• Passes completed: 401 – Kurt Warner (2008)[16]
• Passes attempted: 598 – Kurt Warner (2008)[16]
• Longest completed pass: 98 yards – Doug Russell (1932); Ogden Compton (1957); Jim Hart (1972)[16]

Rushing

• Rushing yards: 1,605 – Ottis Anderson (1979)[17]
• Rushing attempts: 337 – Edgerrin James (2006)[17]
• Rushing touchdowns: 16 – David Johnson (2016)[17]
• Rushing touchdowns (Rookie): 10 – Tim Hightower (2008)[17]
• Longest rushing attempt: 83 yards – John David Crow (1958)[17]
• Rushing yards per game: 100.3 yards – Ottis Anderson (1979)[17]

Receiving

• Receptions: 109 – Larry Fitzgerald (2015)[18]
• Receiving yards: 1,598 – David Boston (2001)[18]
• Receiving touchdowns: 15 – Sonny Randle (1960)[18]

Returns

• Punt returns in a season: 44 – Vai Sikahema (1987)[19]
• Longest punt return: 99 yards – Patrick Peterson (2011)[19]
• Longest kickoff return: 108 yards – David Johnson (2015)[19]

Kicking

• Field goals: 40 – Neil Rackers (2005)[20]
• Points after touchdown (PAT)s converted: 53 – Pat Harder (1948)[20]
• Punts: 112 – Dave Zastudil (2012)[20]
• Punting yards: 5,209 – Dave Zastudil (2012)[20]

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)
• Rushing touchdowns: 46, Ottis Anderson (1979–1986)
• Receptions: 1,234, Larry Fitzgerald (2004–present)
• Receiving yards: 15,545, Larry Fitzgerald (2004–present)
• Passes intercepted: 52, Larry Wilson (1960–1972)
• Field goals made: 282, Jim Bakken (1962–1978)
• Points: 1,380, Jim Bakken (1962–1978)
• Total touchdowns: 110, Larry Fitzgerald (2004–present)
• Punt return average: 13.7, Charley Trippi (1947–1955)
• Kickoff return average: 28.5, Ollie Matson (1952, 1954–1958)
• Yards per punt average: 44.9, Jerry Norton (1959–1961)
• Sacks: 66.5, Freddie Joe Nunn (1985–1993)
• Tackles: 785, Eric Hill (1989–1997)
• Wins (coach): 50, Bruce Arians (2013–2017)

Players of note

Current roster

Arizona Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks  7 Brett Hundley  1 Kyler Murray 15 Chris Streveler Running backs 26 Eno Benjamin 41 Kenyan Drake 29 Chase Edmonds 37 D. J. Foster 38 Jonathan Ward Wide receivers 18 Hakeem Butler 12 Johnnie Dixon 11 Larry Fitzgerald 10 DeAndre Hopkins 89 Andy Isabella 19 KeeSean Johnson 13 Christian Kirk 84 Andre Patton 83 A. J. Richardson 16 Trent Sherfield 14 JoJo Ward Tight ends 85 Dan Arnold 80 Ryan Becker 82 Dylan Cantrell 81 Darrell Daniels 87 Maxx Williams		Offensive linemen 68 Kelvin Beachum T 52 Mason Cole C 65 Lamont Gaillard C 73 Max Garcia G 61 Steven Gonzalez 74 D. J. Humphries T 79 Josh Jones T 70 Sam Jones C 60 Koda Martin T 66 Joshua Miles T 71 Justin Murray T 67 Justin Pugh G 64 J. R. Sweezy G 78 Brett Toth T Defensive linemen 94 Zach Allen DE 72 Miles Brown NT 90 Jonathan Bullard DE 93 Trevon Coley DE 91 Michael Dogbe DE 95 Leki Fotu NT 92 Rashard Lawrence DE 98 Corey Peters NT 97 Jordan Phillips DE 69 Adam Shuler DE		Linebackers 59 De'Vondre Campbell ILB 49 Kylie Fitts OLB 45 Dennis Gardeck ILB 58 Jordan Hicks ILB 55 Chandler Jones OLB 42 Devon Kennard OLB 43 Haason Reddick ILB 48 Isaiah Simmons ILB 47 Zeke Turner ILB 51 Tanner Vallejo ILB 56 Reggie Walker OLB 50 Evan Weaver ILB Defensive backs 23 Robert Alford CB 32 Budda Baker FS 31 Chris Banjo SS 44 Kentrell Brice S 30 Jalen Davis CB 25 Chris Jones CB 38 Zane Lewis CB 33 Byron Murphy CB 27 Kevin Peterson CB 21 Patrick Peterson CB 20 Duke Thomas CB 35 Deionte Thompson FS 34 Jalen Thompson SS 28 Charles Washington S 39 Jace Whittaker CB Special teams 46 Aaron Brewer LS  5 Zane Gonzalez K  4 Andy Lee P  9 Ryan Winslow P				Active/Reserve lists 76 Marcus Gilbert T (Opt-out) Rookies in italics Roster updated August 5, 2020 Depth chart • Transactions 79 active, 1 inactive → AFC rosters → NFC rosters
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC LV LAC NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LAR SF SEA

Retired numbers

Chicago / St. Louis / Arizona Cardinals retired numbers
N°	Player	Position	Tenure	Retired
8	Larry Wilson	S	1960–1972	1970
40	Pat Tillman ^1	S	1998–2001	September 19, 2004
77	Stan Mauldin ^1	OT	1946–1948
88	J. V. Cain ^1	TE	1974–1978	1979
99	Marshall Goldberg	HB	1939–1943 1946–1948
Source(s):[4][21]

Notes:

• ¹ Posthumously retired.

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Chicago / St. Louis / Arizona Cardinals in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Players
No.	Player	Position(s)	Tenure	Inducted
1	John "Paddy" Driscoll	QB Coach	1920–1925 1920–1922	1965
2	Walt Kiesling	G / DT Coach	1929–1933 1944	1966
4	Ernie Nevers	FB Coach	1929–1931 1930–1931, 1939	1963
13	Guy Chamberlin	End & Coach	1927–1928	1965
33	Ollie Matson	RB	1952, 1954–1958	1972
62, 2	Charley Trippi	RB	1947–1955	1968
81	Dick "Night Train" Lane	CB	1954–1959	1974
—	Jim Thorpe	RB	1928	1963
8	Larry Wilson	S	1960–1972	1978
13	Don Maynard	WR	1973	1987
22	Roger Wehrli	CB	1969–1982	2007
72	Dan Dierdorf	T	1971–1983	1996
81	Jackie Smith	TE	1963–1977	1994
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	T	1926–1931	2020
Coaches and Contributors
Name		Position(s)	Tenure	Inducted
Charles Bidwill		Team Owner	1933–1947	1967
Jimmy Conzelman		Coach	1940–1942 1946–1948	1964
Earl "Curly" Lambeau		Coach	1950–1951	1963
Joe Stydahar		Coach	1953–1954	1967
Source(s):[22]

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 in The Dome at America's Center when the Rams played there from 1995 to 2015.

Ring of Honor

See also: St. Louis Football Ring of Fame and Ring of Honor (disambiguation)

Pat Tillman's portrait – Faces of the Fallen gallery – Arlington National Cemetery.

The Cardinals' Ring of Honor was started in 2006 to mark the opening of State Farm 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.

Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor
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	DB	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	T	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):[23][24]

Current staff

Main article: List of Arizona Cardinals head coaches

Arizona Cardinals staff

	Front office Owner – Bidwill family Chairman/President – Michael Bidwill General manager – Steve Keim Director of player personnel – Quentin Harris Assistant director of player personnel – Dru Grigson Vice president of player personnel – Terry McDonough Director of college scouting – Chris Culmer Director of pro scouting – Adrian Wilson Director of football administration – Matt Harriss Director of football operations – Matt Caracciolo Head Coaches Head Coach – Kliff Kingsbury Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator – Jeff Rodgers Offensive Coaches Pass game coordinator/Quarterbacks – Tom Clements Running backs – James Saxon Wide receivers – David Raih Assistant wide receivers – Spencer Whipple Tight ends – Steve Heiden Offensive line – Sean Kugler Assistant offensive line – Brian Natkin Offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks – Cameron Turner Offensive assistant – Jerry Sullivan Offensive assistant – Don Shumpert Offensive quality control – Jim Dray Bill Bidwill Coaching Fellowship/assistant quarterbacks – Jordan Hogan			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Vance Joseph Defensive line – Brentson Buckner Linebackers – Billy Davis Outside linebackers – Charlie Bullen Defensive backs – Marcus Robertson Cornerbacks – Greg Williams Defensive assistant – Rusty McKinney Defensive quality control – Rob Grosso Special teams coaches Assistant special teams – Derius Swinton Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Buddy Morris Assistant strength and conditioning – Mark Naylor → Coaching staff → Management → More NFL staffs
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC LV LAC NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LAR SF SEA

Radio and television

The Cardinals' flagship radio station is KMVP-FM; Dave Pasch, Ron Wolfley, and Paul Calvisi handle the radio broadcast. Spanish-language radio broadcasts are heard on the combo of KQMR/KHOV-FM "Latino Mix" under a contract with Univisión, signed in 2015.[25] Prior to 2015, they were heard on KDVA/KVVA-FM "José FM", as well as co-owned KBMB 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. Gabriel Trujillo and Rolando 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) and Grupo Radiorama (outside Sonora) and stations in 20 cities, including Hermosillo, Guadalajara and Mexico City.

As of the 2017 season, NBC affiliate KPNX broadcasts the team's preseason games on television (which, that year, included the Hall of Fame Game broadcast by NBC), called by Pasch and Wolfley, with station anchor Paul Gerke as sideline reporter. The broadcasts are syndicated regionally to KTTU and KMSB-TV in Tucson, and KVVU-TV in Las Vegas.[26][27]

English radio affiliates

KTAR (AM)

KMVP-FM

KATO (AM)

KAZM

KNTR

KQNA

KDDL

KVNA (AM)

KZUA

KBLU (AM)

KNKI

KIKO (AM)

KEVT

KGMN

Map of radio affiliates

City (all in Arizona)	Call sign	Frequency
Phoenix	KTAR AM	620 AM
	KMVP-FM	98.7 FM
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
Tucson	KEVT AM	1210 AM
Kingman	KGMN-FM	100.1 FM

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Further reading

• Ziemba, Joe (2010). When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL. Chicago: Triumph Books ISBN 1-57243-317-5

External links

• Official website
• Arizona Cardinals at the National Football League official website