History of the Arizona Cardinals Devil Stadium. Tragedy struck the team on April 22, 2004 when former safety Pat Tillman, a popular player who was an All-American at Arizona State, was killed in Afghanistan while serving in the United States Army. Tillman left professional football following the 2001 season to serve in the military in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Tillman became the first NFL player to lose his life in war since Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Bob Kalsu died in 1970 during the Vietnam War. Tillman's jersey number 40 was retired at the Cardinals' first home game of 2004. In early
Louisville Cardinals football Satterfield was previously the head coach of his alma mater Appalachian State for the last 6 seasons. Louisville has been both independent and affiliated with multiple conferences. Louisville claims nine conference championships. † Co-champions Louisville has been to 22 bowl games; their overall bowl record is 10–11–1. During the BCS era (1998–2013), the Cardinals appeared in two BCS bowl games. Louisville attended a bowl each season from 1998 to 2006, and has an active streak of eight seasons with bowl appearances (2010–2017). † Interim The Louisville Cardinals football team plays its home games at Cardinal Stadium. Prior to that the