Chicago Cardinals

APFA, 1920-1921

Franchise

Every name and league this franchise has played under

Team History

All known identities for this franchise

Name Colors Period
Arizona Cardinals
1988 – Present
St. Louis Cardinals
1960 – 1987
Chicago Cardinals
1920 – 1959

Stadiums

Normal Park

Capacity: 7500

Opened: 1920

Seasons

1921 APFA Season 1920 APFA Season

All-Time APFA Map Leaders

Ranked by weeks as map leader — time spent holding more territory than any other franchise. Reign = longest unbroken streak on top. Titles = seasons ended on top. Conquered = territories ever taken. Biggest week = most taken at once.

#3
of 20 franchises
34
weeks as map leader
4
longest reign (weeks), 1974
4
map titles
20
largest empire (2020)
# Franchise Weeks Led Longest Reign Titles Conquered Biggest Week Peak Seasons
1 Green Bay Packers 131 12 7 788 +32 32 106
2 Chicago Staleys 116 10 11 623 +28 28 107
3 Chicago Cardinals This team 34 4 4 457 +20 20 107
4 Canton Bulldogs 15 8 2 31 +6 14 6
5 Dayton Triangles 11 5 1 51 +7 7 25
6 Akron Pros 10 6 1 18 +3 8 7
7 Rock Island Independents 6 5 0 16 +6 8 6
8 Buffalo All-Americans 1 1 0 18 +11 14 9
9 Columbus Panhandles 0 0 0 2 +1 1 7
10 Minneapolis Marines 0 0 0 4 +3 3 6
11 Rochester Jeffersons 0 0 0 0 — 1 6
12 Hammond Pros 0 0 0 6 +3 3 4
13 Louisville Brecks 0 0 0 0 — 1 4
14 Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 — 1 2
15 Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 1 +1 2 2

Other APFA Teams

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Data sources: Game data from Sports Reference; venue data from VenueStats .