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
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