List of Arizona Cardinals seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals are an American football franchise competing as a member of the West division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

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The Cardinals were founded in 1898 in Chicago as an amateur team, the Morgan Athletic Club. They became the Racine Street Normals shortly afterward. In 1901, owner Chris O'Brien acquired some used jerseys from the University of Chicago for the Normals. O'Brien believed that the jerseys had faded so much that they were more cardinal red than maroon, and changed the team's name to the Racine Cardinals. The team disbanded in 1906, but were refounded in 1913. The team did not play in 1918 due to World War I, but were refounded after the Armistice and have played continuously ever since. The team was a charter member of the American Professional Football Association, forerunner of the NFL, in 1920. To avoid confusion with a team from Racine, Wisconsin who joined the renamed NFL in 1922, the team changed its name to the Chicago Cardinals. The team moved to St. Louis, Missouri as the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960, then to their current home of Phoenix, Arizona in 1988. After playing as the Phoenix Cardinals from 1988 to 1993, the team took its current name in 1994.

The Cardinals and Chicago Bears are the only two charter members of the NFL still playing in the league today. Through the heritage of the Morgan Athletic Club, the Cardinals also claim to be the oldest professional football team in the country.

The list documents the season-by-season records of the Cardinals' franchise from 1920 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

Legend

(#)The order of league championship won by the franchise
FinishFinal position in league, division, or conference
T-#Finished tied in that position with one or more teams
WWins
LLosses
TTies
MVP National Football League Most Valuable Player Award
COY National Football League Coach of the Year Award
SB MVP Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
OPOY National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award
DPOY National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award
OROY National Football League Offensive Rookie of the Year Award
DROY National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award
WP MOY Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
NFL champion (19201969)
Super Bowl champion (1970present)
Conference champion
Division champion
Wild Card berth
Qualified for playoffs

Season records

Season Team League ConferenceDivision Regular season Postseason resultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWLT
Racine / Chicago Cardinals
1920 1920 APFA4th622The APFA/NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932 Paddy Driscoll
1921 1921 APFA9th332
1922 1922 NFL 3rd830
1923 1923 NFL6th840 Arnold Horween
1924 1924 NFL8th541
1925 1925 NFL1st1121 Named NFL Champions (1) Norman Barry
1926 1926 NFL10th561The APFA/NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932
1927 1927 NFL9th371 Guy Chamberlin
1928 1928 NFL9th150 Fred Gillies
1929 1929 NFL4th661 Dewey Scanlon
1930 1930 NFL7th562 Ernie Nevers
1931 1931 NFL4th540Ernie Nevers (5–3)
LeRoy Andrews (0–1)
1932 1932 NFL7th262 Jack Chevigny
1933 1933 NFLWestern5th191 Paul J. Schissler
1934 1934 NFLWestern4th560
1935 1935 NFLWesternT-3rd642 Milan Creighton
1936 1936 NFLWestern4th381
1937 1937 NFLWestern4th551
1938 1938 NFLWestern5th290
1939 1939 NFLWestern5th1100Ernie Nevers
1940 1940 NFLWestern5th272 Jimmy Conzelman
1941 1941 NFLWestern4th371
1942 1942 NFLWestern4th380
1943 1943 NFLWestern4th0100 Phil Handler
Card-Pitt
1944 1944 NFLWestern5th0100Phil Handler & Walt Kiesling
Chicago Cardinals
1945 1945 NFLWestern5th190Phil Handler
1946 1946 NFLWesternT-3rd650Jimmy Conzelman
1947 1947 NFLWestern1st930Won NFL Championship (2) (Eagles) 28–21 Jimmy Conzelman (COY)
1948 1948 NFLWestern1st1110Lost NFL Championship (at Eagles) 0–7 Pat Harder (MVP)
1949 1949 NFLWestern3rd651Phil Handler & Buddy Parker
1950 1950 NFLAmerican5th570 Curly Lambeau
1951 1951 NFLAmerican6th390Curly Lambeau (2–8)
Phil Handler & Cecil Isbell (1–1)
1952 1952 NFLAmericanT-5th480 Joe Kuharich
1953 1953 NFLEastern6th1101 Joe Stydahar
1954 1954 NFLEastern6th2100
1955 1955 NFLEasternT-4th471 Ray Richards
1956 1956 NFLEastern2nd750
1957 1957 NFLEastern6th390
1958 1958 NFLEasternT-5th291 Pop Ivy
1959 1959 NFLEastern6th2100
St. Louis Cardinals
1960 1960 NFLEastern4th651Pop Ivy
1961 1961 NFLEastern4th770Pop Ivy (5–7)
Ray Willsey & Ray Prochaska & Chuck Drulis (2–0)
1962 1962 NFLEastern6th491 Wally Lemm
1963 1963 NFLEastern3rd950
1964 1964 NFLEastern2nd932Won Playoff Bowl (vs. Packers) 24–17
1965 1965 NFLEasternT-5th590
1966 1966 NFLEastern4th851 Charley Winner
1967 1967 NFLEastern Century 3rd671
1968 1968 NFLEasternCentury2nd941
1969 1969 NFLEasternCentury3rd491
1970 1970 NFL NFC East 3rd851
1971 1971 NFLNFCEast4th491 Bob Hollway
1972 1972 NFLNFCEast4th491
1973 1973 NFLNFCEast4th491 Don Coryell
1974 1974 NFLNFCEast1st1040Lost Divisional playoffs (at Vikings) 14–30 Don Coryell (COY)
1975 1975 NFLNFCEast1st1130Lost Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 23–35
1976 1976 NFLNFCEast3rd1040
1977 1977 NFLNFCEast3rd770
1978 1978 NFLNFCEast4th6100 Bud Wilkinson
1979 1979 NFLNFCEast5th5110 Ottis Anderson (OROY)Bud Wilkinson (3–10)
Larry Wilson (2–1)
1980 1980 NFLNFCEast4th5110 Jim Hanifan
1981 1981 NFLNFCEast5th790
1982 1982 NFLNFC6th540Lost First Round playoffs (at Packers) 16–41
1983 1983 NFLNFCEast3rd871
1984 1984 NFLNFCEast3rd970
1985 1985 NFLNFCEast5th5110
1986 1986 NFLNFCEast5th4111 Gene Stallings
1987 1987 NFLNFCEast3rd780
Phoenix Cardinals
1988 1988 NFLNFCEast4th790Gene Stallings
1989 1989 NFLNFCEast4th5110Gene Stallings (5–6)
Hank Kuhlmann (0–5)
1990 1990 NFLNFCEast5th5110 Joe Bugel
1991 1991 NFLNFCEast5th4120
1992 1992 NFLNFCEast5th4120
1993 1993 NFLNFCEast4th790
Arizona Cardinals
1994 1994 NFLNFCEast3rd880 Buddy Ryan
1995 1995 NFLNFCEast5th4120
1996 1996 NFLNFCEast4th790 Simeon Rice (DROY) Vince Tobin
1997 1997 NFLNFCEast5th4120
1998 1998 NFLNFCEast2nd970Won Wild Card playoffs (at Cowboys) 20–7
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Vikings) 21–41
1999 1999 NFLNFCEast4th6100
2000 2000 NFLNFCEast5th3130Vince Tobin (2–5)
Dave McGinnis (1–8)
2001 2001 NFLNFCEast4th790Dave McGinnis
2002 2002 NFLNFC West 4th5110
2003 2003 NFLNFCWest4th4120 Anquan Boldin (OROY)
2004 2004 NFLNFCWest3rd6100 Dennis Green
2005 2005 NFLNFCWest3rd5110
2006 2006 NFLNFCWest4th5110
2007 2007 NFLNFCWest2nd880 Ken Whisenhunt
2008 2008 NFLNFCWest1st970Won Wild Card playoffs (Falcons) 30–24
Won Divisional playoffs (at Panthers) 33–13
Won NFC Championship (Eagles) 32–25
Lost Super Bowl XLIII (vs. Steelers) 23–27
Kurt Warner (WP MOY)
2009 2009 NFLNFCWest1st1060Won Wild Card playoffs (Packers) 51–45 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Saints) 14–45
2010 2010 NFLNFCWest4th5110
2011 2011 NFLNFCWest2nd880
2012 2012 NFLNFCWest4th5110
2013 2013 NFLNFCWest3rd1060 Bruce Arians
2014 2014 NFLNFCWest2nd1150Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Panthers) 16–27 Bruce Arians (COY)
2015 2015 NFLNFCWest1st1330Won Divisional playoffs (Packers) 26–20 (OT)
Lost NFC Championship (at Panthers) 15–49
2016 2016 NFLNFCWest2nd781 Larry Fitzgerald (WP MOY)
2017 2017 NFLNFCWest3rd880
2018 2018 NFLNFCWest4th3130 Steve Wilks
2019 2019 NFLNFCWest4th5101 Kyler Murray (OROY) Kliff Kingsbury
2020 2020 NFLNFCWest3rd880
2021 2021 NFLNFCWest2nd1160Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Rams) 11–34
2022 2022 NFLNFCWest4th4130
2023 2023 NFLNFCWest4th4130 Jonathan Gannon
Totals16524825Chicago Cardinals regular season record (1920–1943; 1945–1959)
0100Card-Pitt regular season record (1944)
18620214St. Louis Cardinals regular season record (1960–1987)
32640Phoenix Cardinals regular season record (1988–1993)
2022792Arizona Cardinals regular season record (1994–2023)
58580341All-time regular season record (1920–2023)
710All-time postseason record (1932–2023)
59281341All-time regular season and postseason record (1920–2023)
2 NFL Championships, 1 Conference Championship, 7 Division Championships

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