Arizona Cardinals history

The team acquired its nickname in 1901 when its founder, Chris O’Brien, received a shipment of faded jerseys from the University of Chicago Maroons football team that were cardinal red in colour.

League History 1920 – Present / National Football League 4 Types of Ulcerative Colitis, According to a Gastroenterologist n/a >

Except for 1925, when they edged out the Pottsville Maroons for their first NFL championship, the Cardinals experienced only minimal success on the playing field during their first 26 seasons in the league.

A Thanksgiving Day game in 1929 did produce an all-time highlight when the Cardinals' superstar running back, Ernie Nevers, scored all 40 points -- an NFL record that stands today -- in a 40-6 victory over the Chicago Bears.

The Cardinals began a continuous period of family ownership in 1932 when Charles W. Bidwill bought the team.

Adrian Peterson, in full Adrian Lewis Peterson, bynames All Day and A.D., (born March 21, 1985, Palestine, Texas, United States), American professional gridiron football player who is considered one of the finest running backs in the history of the sport.

The franchise was moved for a second time in 1988 when William Bidwill selected Phoenix as the new home city, where they played at Sun Devil Stadium.

The Cardinals’ mediocre play continued until 1998, when quarterback Jake Plummer led the team to a nine-win season and its first play-off victory in 51 years.

In 2000, Maricopa County voters passed a ballot initiative by a margin of 51% to 49%, providing funding for a new Cardinals stadium as well as for improvements to Major League Baseball spring training facilities in the greater Phoenix region; and youth recreation.

He accepted a scholarship to the University of Oklahoma, where in 2004 he established a national Division I-A (collegiate football’s top division, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision) freshman rushing record by running for 1,925 yards, as well as scoring 15 touchdowns.

The Cardinals, who opened the state-of-the-art University of Phoenix Stadium in 2006, found instant success in their new home, winning multiple division titles and an appearance in Super Bowl XLIII.

Although he missed time in each of the two following seasons because of injuries, he nevertheless was the most-coveted running back of the 2007 National Football League (NFL) draft class after he decided to forgo his college senior season.

During Minnesota’s penultimate game of the 2011–12 season, however, Peterson suffered tears to the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee, an injury that is often career-threatening, particularly for running backs.

In 2013 the Cardinals won 10 games for the second time since the franchise relocated to Arizona, but the team did not qualify for the postseason.

In November 2014 he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless assault and was suspended by the NFL for the remainder of the season.

In 2019 he rushed for 898 yards and five touchdowns for the 3–13 Washington team.