The Arizona Cardinals’ struggles at State Farm Stadium have become such a talking point that fans are now jokingly pinning it on a “Charlie Kirk curse.”
The latest chapter came on Sunday, when the Denver Broncos walked into State Farm Stadium and left with a 30-16 win. That result dropped Arizona to 2-5 and extended the Cardinals’ losing streak at home to 10 games.
The conversation around the stadium started after the memorial event for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which was held at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025. Some 200,000 people turned out for that event, and since then the Cardinals haven’t won at home.
Arizona’s last home victory came one week earlier, a 27-22 win over the Carolina Panthers on September 14, 2025. Since then, the team has gone through a stretch that has left fans packing the building but leaving without a home win in over a year.
Before Sunday’s loss, the Cardinals had drawn a total of 189,030 in-home attendance, averaging 63,010 fans per game. Even with those crowds, the results at home have not changed.
The bigger picture is just as bleak. Arizona has not reached the playoffs since the 2021 season, when it lost to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card Round. The franchise’s last playoff win came in 2016.
So while fans may want to joke about a curse, the reality is simpler: the Cardinals have been a bad team for years, and Sunday’s loss only kept that pattern going.
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