A couple of interesting historical sidelights to the NFL playoffs this weekend. While watching the Cardinals-Saints game today, a graphic was flashed on the screen comparing the number of Superbowl appearances for the Cards and Saints combined: 1 (Arizona lost the Superbowl last year). The comparison was with the combined number of Superbowl appearances between [...]
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With their exciting 51-45 finish against the Green Bay Packers, the Arizona Cardinals travel to New Orleans to face the resurgent Saints. Ironically, neither team has an exceptionally long playoff history, despite fairly long (especially for the Cardinals) team histories. Examine their respective playoff histories at: Arizona Cardinals Playoff History at http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/arizona_cardinals_playoff_history.htm New Orleans Saints [...]
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The Arizona Cardinals won the NFC Championship game by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 32-25, in a tight thriller played in Arizona. This is the third time the Cardinals and Eagles met in a championship game, the two previous championship games were in 1947 and 1948, in the pre-Superbowl era. Go to Sportshistory: [...]
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The Arizona Cardinals football team has previously won only two NFL Championships, both prior to the origin of the Superbowl, and both prior to the team move to Arizona. NFL Championships–Two championships won in 1925 and 1947 continue reading the story here…
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