<P> The team was established in Chicago in 1898 as an amateur football team and joined the NFL as a charter member on September 17 , 1920 . Along with the Chicago Bears , the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league 's founding . ( The Green Bay Packers were an independent team until they joined the NFL a year after its creation in 1921 . ) The club then moved to St. Louis in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 ( sometimes referred to as the `` Football Cardinals '' or the `` Big Red '' to avoid confusion with the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball ) . Before the 1988 season , the team moved west to Tempe , Arizona , a college suburb east of Phoenix , and played their home games for the next 18 seasons at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University . In 2006 , the club moved to their current home field in Glendale , although the team 's executive offices and training facility remain in Tempe . </P>
<P> The team was established in Chicago in 1898 as an amateur football team and joined the NFL as a charter member on September 17 , 1920 . Along with the Chicago Bears , the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league 's founding . ( The Green Bay Packers were an independent team until they joined the NFL a year after its creation in 1921 . ) The club then moved to St. Louis in 1960 and played in that city through 1987 ( sometimes referred to as the `` Football Cardinals '' or the `` Big Red '' to avoid confusion with the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball ) . Before the 1988 season , the team moved west to Tempe , Arizona , a college suburb east of Phoenix , and played their home games for the next 18 seasons at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University . In 2006 , the club moved to their current home field in Glendale , although the team 's executive offices and training facility remain in Tempe . </P>
when did the arizona cardinals move to arizona
when did the arizona cardinals move to arizona
Before the 1988 season
Before the 1988 season