Professional football (gridiron) oldest existing professional football club is the Arizona Cardinals, a current member of the National Football League. The Cardinals organization, which was originally based on Racine Street in Chicago, has operated near-continuously since 1913, but counts an earlier team that played from 1898 to 1906 as part of its history. The Watertown Red & Black is the oldest semi-professional club, tracing its history to 1896. While the practice of professional and semi-pro teams playing college and amateur teams was common in the 1890s, the Amateur Athletic Union began pressuring and threatening college teams with the loss of amateur status if
Ball State Cardinals football where they have compiled a 0–7 record, losing all seven. Ball State also appeared in two NCAA College Division postseason bowl games, where they compiled a record of 0–1–1. The Ball State Cardinals have had 17 head coaches throughout the program's history. With 68 victories, John Magnabosco is first overall in the program's history, followed by Paul Schudel (60 wins) and Dave McClain (46). Ball State leads the series with Indiana State 38–24–1 with the last game played in 2014. The Cardinals have played Northern Illinois five times in football since the launch of the Bronze Stalk Trophy. The trophy