Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa will mark either the sixth championship in the Super Bowl era for the Pittsburgh Steelers or the first championship (in any era) for the Chicago St. Louis Phoenix Arizona Cardinals since 1947.
Three years prior to that was the year 1944, during World War II, and many players from all sports went overseas to fight for this country. The Cardinals and Steelers were hit fairly hard by players leaving for military service, so, as Neil Milbert of the Chicago Tribune points out, the two franchises merged.
Want to know how they fared that year?
More after the jump...
Let's just say "not well." From Milbert's article:
With many players off to military service during World War II and in an effort to reduce travel and other costs, the Chicago Cardinals and the Steelers merged their human and financial resources. Phil Handler of the Cards and Walt Kiesling of the Steelers were co-coaches. Three games were played at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field and two at Comiskey Park.
The team's official name was the Card-Pitts, but when opponents started walking all over them, sportswriters began referring to them as "the Carpets." Fittingly, they ended the 1944 season with an 0-10 record after taking a 49-7 beating from the Bears in their final game.
Not that the game will be a bad one, but it's always good to know the history of the games we watch. As I walk on my carpet to turn on my television for the Super Bowl, I will remember the Cardinals and Steelers...and laugh a little.
Yeah the Steelers were horrible until the 70s
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