Kenosha Cardinals The last History Mystery question : . Which football team came to Lakefront Stadium in Kenosha to clobber the Kenosha Cardinals team 65 - 2 in 1941 ? Answer : It was the Green Bay Packers , playing in their 21st season in the National Football League with Earl " Curly " Lambeau as coach . Sound unbelievable ? Truth is stranger than fiction : The Packers were the third NFL team to play against the Kenosha Cardinals at Lakefront Stadium that year . Lakefront Stadium was located on the present day site of Wolfenbuttel Park near the Southport Marina . The Cardinals team was underwritten by Cooper ' s , the forerunner of Jockey International through the Kenosha Sports Association . The team struggled through its first season in 1939 , and at the beginning of the second season in 1940 , the KSA began a drive to build a fan base . Playing the Packers They placed some calls to Green Bay and came up with a scheme to whip up the fans . On Sept . 7 , 1940 , the Packers and the Cooper Cardinals met in an exhibition game in Green Bay . A special train was scheduled through the Kenosha Chamber of Commerce so that local fans could ride the rails into Packerland and sit on the 50 yard line for $ 4 . 95 . The Cards lost that one on a mud - slicked field , 17 - 0 . So much enthusiasm had been generated by that game that the KSA lined up other NFL teams to play games in 1941 , all with the blessing of NFL Commissioner Elmer Laydon . Bears come to town The first was a pre - season game here against iconic coach George Halas ' Chicago Bears on Aug . 19 , 1941 , which set an attendance record of 6 , 200 at Lakefront Stadium . The Bears , who had beaten the Washington Redskins 73 - 0 for the world championship title the previous season , were held to 27 points , while the Cards managed to get a hard - earned six points on the scoreboard . Eagles , Giants , Rams A week later , the Cards got more of the same from the Philadelphia Eagles , losing 35 - 6 . If it sounds like our Cards were a little out of their league , they were . They also played the New York Giants , the Cleveland Rams ( forerunners of the St . Louis Rams ) , and the Chicago Cardinals ( forerunners of the Arizona Cardinals ) , all of the NFL . Kenosha ' s best of them all was 21 - 21 tie against the latter Chicago team . Packers arrive But by the next season , not even our beloved Packers could draw the armchair quarterbacks out to the freezing tundra of Lakefront Stadium . A disappointing 3 , 000 people sat in the stands for the Cardinals ’ third season finale . It was a bye week for the Packers , and in their Sunday , Nov . 9 , 1941 , 65 - 2 rout of the Kenosha Cardinals , the Packers hardly broke a sweat . Coach Lambeau refused to risk injuries for his star players , and Cecil Isabel , Don Hutson and Clarke Hinkle sat on the bench , huddled under green blankets in the frigid cold . The only time the Kenosha fans got to see the trio and other starters was in the pre - game warm - up activities . Cardinal team members that year included Art Blaha , Pete Hogan , Ernie Wheeler , Al Christiansen , Dave Rankin , Mike Dolan , Dick Hegman , John Biolo and Paul Berezney . True slaughter The game was a true slaughter . The Pack racked up nine touchdowns and eight extra - point conversions and a field goal . The Cards ’ only scoring came early in the game on a safety when Berezney swarmed in over Packer George Paskvan , who fumbled in the end zone . For the fans who braved the frigid blasts off the lake , it was a chance to see their Packer idols . That season , Hutson lead the NFL in receptions with 74 , and Isabell was the NFL leader in passing with 1 , 479 yards . The Pack went on to earn a tie with the Bears for first place in the Western Conference , but lost to their rivals 33 - 14 in a post - season playoff game . The home game against the Packers was the last game the Cooper Cardinals ever played , as the KSA went belly up the next month . External Links . Kenosha News