Thoughts on the Current and Past Cardinals’ Football Teams

After their “ho hum,” (12-6), all field goal game win in St. Louis vs the (6-8) Rams, the (11-3) Arizona Cardinals, once the St. Louis Cardinals, and before that, the Chicago Cardinals, have all but clinched at least a playoff berth.

The Cardinals game next Sunday night (lucky for NBC to have it in its telecast package) at home vs the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, will likely decide the NFC West title.

The Cardinals are the NFL franchise that has gone the longest without a title. They last won the title in 1947 as the Chicago Cardinals. That was their only title game victory. They never won a title in St.Louis and have not done so in Arizona.

That 1947 Cardinals’ team had a great offensive backfield. Names like Charley Trippi, Elmer Angsman, Paul Christman, Pat Harder and Marshall Goldberg are part of NFL history, part of that Cardinals’ team that prevailed (28-21) vs the Philadelphia Eagles, to win the 1947 NFL crown.

1947 Chicago Cardinals