Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

The Astros defeated Braves 3-2 in the Division Series, but would lose the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.

* Ball State's highest finish in the NCAA Tournament came in 1990, when they defeated Gary Payton's Oregon State Beavers and Coach Denny Crum's Louisville Cardinals before falling to eventual champion UNLV by 2, 69-67.

However, they were defeated in the National League Division Series by the Tony La Russa-led St. Louis Cardinals, 3 games to 0.

The Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the play-offs then met the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2002 National League Championship Series.

Santiago hit two home runs in the series along with 6 runs batted in, and was awarded the League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award as the Giants defeated the Cardinals in five games.

Coincidentally, having won a championship while managing the Florida Marlins in 1997, Tigers manager Jim Leyland could have achieved this same feat had the Tigers defeated La Russa's Cardinals in the 2006 World Series.

Almost 1 year later on January 18, 2009, it hosted the NFC Championship Game as the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 for the franchise's first ever Super Bowl berth.

In the 1967 World Series, Brock hit for a. 414 average, scored 8 runs and set a World Series record with seven stolen bases as the Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games.

The Gunners defeated the NFL's Brooklyn Dodgers 21-2, and the Chicago Cardinals 28-7.

On June 4, he had two triples and two RBIs as the Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 5 – 1, a game that ended future Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander's 11-game winning streak.

In the 1926 World Series, the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in a seven-game series ; Hornsby tagged out Babe Ruth on a stolen base attempt, ending the Series and giving St. Louis its first undisputed world championship.

Over the next three games at Yankee Stadium, Musial had three more hits as the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in the Series four games to one.

On August 12, 1972, The Chiefs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 24 – 14 in the first game at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Houston Astros defeated the Cardinals in the 2005 NLCS in the last game ever played at Busch Stadium.

The Cardinals defeated Davidson College, University of New Mexico, and Number 1 seeded Michigan State to advance to the regional final against the Florida Gators and his former player and friend Billy Donovan.

On December 6, 2009, Warner returned to action as the Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Vikings 30 – 17.

On September 15, the St. Louis Cardinals ' Steve Carlton struck out a record 19 Mets batters in a losing effort, as the Mets defeated the Cards 4 – 3 at Busch Stadium on a pair of two run home runs by Ron Swoboda.

In the 1968 World Series, he made his final appearances in two post-season games as the Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 1964, San Francisco remained in the pennant race until the last week, when the St Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets to secure it.

The Cardinals won the pennant and defeated the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series.

The NL won four of these Series, while the AA won only one, in when the St. Louis Browns ( now Cardinals ) defeated the Chicago White Stockings ( now Cubs ).

The New Jersey Cardinals put together a 43-32 regular-season mark, and then defeated the Jamestown Jammers, 2 games to 1, and the Auburn Astros, 2 games to 0, to win the league title.

However, the Panthers ' season came to a crushing end, as they lost to the Arizona Cardinals 33 – 13 at Bank of America Stadium in the NFC Divisional playoff game.

A recent rivalry has developed between the Panthers and Arizona Cardinals.

During the 2008 regular season, the Cardinals traveled to play the Panthers and took a 17-3 lead at halftime, but the Panthers rallied in the 3rd and 4th quarters to win.

Following the regular season, in which the 12-4 Panthers won their third NFC South division title, they hosted the Cardinals at Bank of America Stadium in the Panthers first home playoff game since January 2004.

Though the Panthers were heavy favorites, the Cardinals won 33-13, intercepting Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme five times.

The following season, the Panthers traveled to face the Cardinals and won 34-21 in a game in which the Panthers defense intercepted the Cardinals ' Kurt Warner five times as well.

The Panthers got their second win of the season against the Arizona Cardinals on December 19, 2010 with a score of 19-12.

The Panthers and Cardinals have played each other every season since 2001 with the lone exception of the 2006 & 2012.

And the NFL's Torry Holt ( Rams & Jaguars ) and his brother Terrence Holt ( Lions, Cardinals, Bears, Panthers, Saints ) are both natives of Gibsonville.

On January 10, Warner led the Cardinals in their 20-point defeat of the Carolina Panthers 33 – 13 in Charlotte, North Carolina in the second round of the playoffs.

The Colts, Cardinals, and the Giants in 2011, like the Panthers, were division winners in those years ( Although in the Colts case, they played the No. 4 seeded New England Patriots in the AFC Championship that year, ensuring at least the second division winner to play three rounds to make it to the Super Bowl.

This scenario occurred during the 1999 season when the Green Bay Packers could possibly have made the playoffs if the Dallas Cowboys had lost and they had scored enough points against the Arizona Cardinals in their final regular season game to surpass the Carolina Panthers in total points scored.

Although the Panthers had defeated the 7-8 Packers two weeks prior, due to the NFL's convoluted tiebreaker rules they needed to beat the Saints by 18 points more than the Packers were to beat the Cardinals in their game at Lambeau ( assuming the Packers were to win ).

The final score of 45-13 and 32-point margin of victory was seven points shy of overcoming the Packers ' 49-24 drubbing of the Cardinals, and the Panthers were assured of missing the playoffs.

Proehl played 17 seasons with the Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, and Indianapolis Colts.

The feat has only been done twice more, in the AFC in the 2005-06 NFL playoffs with the Colts and Patriots beating the Ravens and Chargers, and again in the NFC in the 2008-09 NFL playoffs with the Cardinals and Eagles beating the Panthers and Giants.

Holt has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints.

The Falcons, Panthers, and Saints moved into the NFC South, while the Cardinals and Seahawks moved in.