History of the Chicago Cardinals to terms with the Bidwills, engineering a deal that sent the Cardinals to St. Louis, Missouri beginning with the 1960 season in a move which also blocked St. Louis as a potential market for the new AFL, which began play the same year. Despite the presence of a baseball team already named the St. Louis Cardinals, the football team kept its name upon relocation there, and would be referred to as "the football Cardinals" until it departed for Arizona following the 1987 season. The Chicago Cardinals have the distinction of being the only team in American professional football history to
1975 Lamar Cardinals football team play games in two domed stadiums in the same season". 1975 Lamar Cardinals football team The 1975 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1975 season with a 1–10 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. The 1975 season was coach Vernon Glass's final season as the Cardinals' head football coach. Playing the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the Superdome and the Houston Cougars in