The Arizona Cardinals, who pioneered NFL international play with their 1976 preseason game in Japan, are mysteriously absent from this year’s global schedule—despite being the first team to ever take the field outside North America. That historic “Mainichi Star Bowl” in Tokyo, where the Cardinals beat the Chargers 20-10 on a humid baseball field, proved football could thrive overseas. Now, as the league expands to Australia and France, it’s a reminder that the Cardinals’ bold move decades ago laid the foundation for today’s global ambitions—and their current international silence is both ironic and noteworthy.
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