Arizona Cardincals

The Arizona Cardinals football team, and its predecessor teams, is the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the nation.In 1922 the team moved to Chicago and played at Comiskey Park. The team played there for 37 years. In that same year the team joined the NFL. They called themselves the Chicago Cardinals. In 1925 the NFL championship was still determined by the best record, and not by a playoff season. In that year the Cardinals were awarded their first NFL championship. In 1933 a Vice President of the Chicago Bears named Charles W. Bidwill, Sr. bought the Cardinals. He paid $50,000 for the team. Because of the war, the Cardinals combined with the Pittsburgh Steelers to play as one team in 1944. The team was called was called Card-Pitt. The senior Mr. Bidwill died in 1947. After many years of less-than-stellar performance, the Cardinals reclaimed the NFL championship title in 1947 but Mr Bidwill hadn't lived long enough to see it. This was the only time that the Cardinals won a championship by winning a championship title game. It was the NFL's 15th championship title game (it was not yet called the Super Bowl). The score was 28-21, and they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles.