NFL Longest Losing Streak Record
The oldest continuously run professional football franchise, with a championship drought stretching back to 1947.
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They compete in the NFL as a member of the NFC West division. The team plays its home games at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Quick Facts
- Franchise name
- Arizona Cardinals
- League
- National Football League (NFL)
- Founded
- 1898
- Original city
- Chicago
- Current era status
- Active
- Record context
- Franchise Losing Streaks
Lore & Background
The franchise was established in Chicago in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club and joined the NFL as a charter member on September 17, 1920. The Cardinals are the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the United States and, along with the Chicago Bears, are the only NFL charter member franchises still in operation. The team moved to St. Louis in 1960, then to Tempe, Arizona before the 1988 season, and to their current home in Glendale in 2006. They have won two NFL championships (1925 and 1947), both while in Chicago. As of 2025, the Cardinals have the longest active championship drought in North American sports at 78 seasons.
Reader's Guide
The Cardinals have an all-time win–loss record (including regular season and playoffs) of 603–836–41 through the 2025 season. They have made 11 playoff appearances and won seven playoff games, including three in the 2008–09 playoffs. They won their only NFC Championship since the 1970 merger in that season and reached Super Bowl XLIII, losing 27–23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team has won five division titles (1974, 1975, 2008, 2009, 2015) since their 1947–48 championship game appearances. They are the only NFL team that has never lost a playoff game at home (5–0 record).
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