The St. Louis Cardinals moved to Phoenix, AZ and became the Phoenix Cardinals (later the Arizona Cardinals when they moved to Tempe, AZ).
There was not an NFL team there until the Colts moved from Baltimore.
They became a team in 1898 and moved to Arizona in 1988
Baltimore Colts
The Arizona Cardinals are the oldest of the NFL teams, dating back to their origins in Chicago in 1898. They moved to St. Louis in 1960, and to Arizona in 1988.
Before the Colts moved to Indianapolis from Baltimore, they did not have an NFL team.
The Chicago Cardinals moved to St. Louis in 1960, and then to Phoenix in 1988.
The current Cleveland Browns are an expansion team that entered the NFL in 1999. They replaced the Cleveland Browns that moved to Baltimore in 1996 and became the Ravens. That team began play in the All American Football Conference in 1946 as the Cleveland Browns and entered the NFL in 1950 as the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland has never had an NFL team move there from another city. But they have had two teams move to another city. As stated above, the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996. There was another team in Cleveland, the Cleveland Rams, that began play in the NFL in 1937. That team moved to Los Angeles in 1946 and, eventually, to St. Louis in 1995.
The Washington Redskins, who moved to DC from Boston in 1937.
The fewest sacks allowed by a team in an NFL season is 7 by the 1988 Miami Dolphins. Dan Marino was sacked 6 times in 606 pass attempts that season.
St. Louis Rams
In the Spring of 1988, the St. Louis Cardinals, moved to Arizona. The Cardinals are the longest standing NFL franchise. Ref: http://www.azcardinals.com/history/index.php
Yes. The Cardinals moved from Chicago after the 1959 season and played in St. Louis between 1960-1987. The team moved to Arizona for the 1988 season.