Professional football (gridiron) Louis Cardinals moved to Phoenix, Arizona to become the Arizona Cardinals in 1988, while the Houston Oilers very nearly moved to Jacksonville in 1987 before deciding to stay, for the short term, in Houston. In 1993, the NFL began exploring expansion, eyeing five proposals (Baltimore, St. Louis, Memphis, Charlotte and Jacksonville), all of which were in cities that had hosted professional football before. The "Carolina Cougars" (later renamed Carolina Panthers) and Jacksonville Jaguars received franchises to begin play in 1995. At the same time, Al Davis moved the Raiders back to its original home in Oakland for the 1995 season,
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