Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional football team based in Glendale , Arizona , a suburb of Phoenix . They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The Cardinals were founded in 1898 , and are the oldest continuously run professional American football club in the United States . The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in 1920 . 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 in 1921 ) . The club moved to St . Louis , Missouri , in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 ( sometimes referred to as the " football Cardinals , " " Big Red , " " Gridbirds , " or " Cardiac Cards " to avoid confusion with the baseball St . Louis Cardinals ) . Before the 1988 NFL season , the team moved to Tempe , Arizona , a college town suburb of Phoenix , and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University ' s Sun Devil Stadium . In 2006 , the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale . The franchise ' s lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago , two decades before the first Super Bowl game was ever played . The club ' s other NFL championship occurred in 1925 , eight years before the league began holding a championship game , and is a controversial title to this day . The much contested title was believed to belong to the Pottsville Maroons but was given to the Cardinals instead in the so - called 1925 NFL Championship controversy . In the six - plus decades since winning the championship in 1947 , the team suffered many losing seasons . They have been to the playoffs six times and have won six playoff games , three of which were victories during their run in the 2008 - 09 NFL Playoffs . During that season , they reached Super Bowl XLIII . The team has also won four division titles ( 1974 , 1975 , 2008 , and 2009 ) since their 1947 - 1948 NFL championship game appearances . In addition , the club won one NFC Championship Game in 2008 . The Cardinals conduct their annual summer training camp at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff . Logo and uniforms . The team has used cardinal red jerseys since Chris O ' Brien bought them for the club in 1898 . For most of their history , the Cardinals have used the same basic uniform design of white helmets , white pants with red stripes on the sides , and either red or white jerseys . Starting in 1947 , the team had a logo of a cardinal bird perched on the stitches of a football . However , the club did not attach a logo to their helmets until they debuted a cardinal - head logo in 1960 , the year the franchise moved from Chicago to St . Louis . 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 . 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 the two games , at Cleveland ( Sept . 18 ) and home vs . Pittsburgh ( Oct . 30 ) . In 2005 , the team unveiled its first major changes in a century . The cardinal - head logo was updated to be a more aggressive version of its predecessor , making it look meaner . Numerous fans had called the previous version a " parakeet " . 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 . 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 , but they were used in home games vs . Seattle , Minnesota , and St . Louis in 2009 . They have yet to be paired with the white road jerseys since the 2007 game at Seattle . 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 darker - colored 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 University of Phoenix Stadium in 2006 , as early - season games ( and most other 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 wear red jerseys at home full - time . The Cardinals wore white jerseys at home for the first time in University of Phoenix 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 University of Phoenix 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 . The 2010 season saw the Cardinals debut a new , alternate black jersey . Prior to its introduction , the Cardinals were the only NFL team without an alternate jersey or throwback kit , save for the NFL ' s 75th anniversary program in 1994 . Single - season records . Points Scored : 427 ( ) Passing Rushing Receiving Returns Kicking " * NFL Record " Pro Football Hall of Famers . Chicago Cardinals St . Louis Cardinals Ring of Honor . The Cardinals ' Ring of Honor was started in to mark the opening of University of Phoenix 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 . Radio and television . The Cardinals ' flagship radio station was KMVP , " ESPN Radio 860 . " KMVP assumed the broadcast rights in 2006 after many years on KSLX - FM and KDUS . Dave Pasch , Ron Wolfley , and Paul Calvisi handle the radio broadcast . Most preseason games are televised on KNXV , channel 15 , the local ABC affiliate . Mike Goldberg and Glenn Parker are the TV announcers . On New Year ' s Day 2007 , KMVP began a simulcast of KTAR , which switched to an all - sports format ( the news / talk station became 92 . 3 , KTAR - FM ) . For the 2007 season , KTAR was the official flagship station ; however , some broadcasts were also heard on 92 . 3 FM because of conflicts with Arizona Diamondbacks baseball games on 620 AM . Miscellaneous . Due to Phoenix ' s high temperature and strong sunshine in early September , eight of the team ' s first 13 home openers in Arizona were held , at earliest , in week 3 . In 1990 and 1991 , the Cardinals opened with three consecutive road games before finally coming home in week 4 . For the same reason , the team ' s home opener was a nationally - televised night game ( two Monday Night Football games and 12 Sunday Night Football games ) from 1988 to 2001 . The team hosted ten straight home openers as Sunday Night Football games from 1989 to 1998 .