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
2008 Ball State Cardinals football team So. South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph's) 32 Womack, Lorren WLB 6-0 221 Fr. So. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne) 85 Woodard, Justin DE 6-3 222 So. Jr. 1L LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County) 64 Woods, Kaylon DT 6-2 254 So. Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast) 55 Woodworth, Sam WLB 6-2 202 Jr. Sr. Elkhart, Ind. (Central) 63 Yoder, Steve OL 6-3 300 Fr. Fr. HS Canal Fulton, Ohio (Massillon Washington) 2008 Ball State Cardinals football team The 2008 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Brady Hoke,