Changes: List of American Football Conference division winners

Revision as of 04:54, 4 January 2021

The following is a list of American Football Conference (AFC) division winners.

Current structure

Since 2002, the AFC has been comprised of 16 teams, organized into four divisions each containing four teams: East, North, South, and West.

Each NFC team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away) during the regular season, in addition to 10 other games assigned to their schedule by the NFL.

At the end of each season, a series of playoff games are contested among the top six teams in the AFC, consisting of the four division champions (by place standing) and the two other teams ("wild cards") with the best win-loss records. The AFC playoffs culminate in the AFC Championship Game for the Lamar Hunt Trophy. The AFC Champion plays the NFC Champion in the Super Bowl.

Division winners

AFC Division Winners • As recognized by the National Football League •

Season	AFL Eastern	AFL Western
1960	Houston Oilers	Los Angeles Chargers
1961	Houston Oilers	San Diego Chargers
1962	Houston Oilers	Dallas Texans
1963	Boston Patriots	San Diego Chargers
1964	Buffalo Bills	San Diego Chargers
1965	Buffalo Bills	San Diego Chargers
1966	Buffalo Bills	Kansas City Chiefs
1967	Houston Oilers	Oakland Raiders
1968	New York Jets	Oakland Raiders
1969	New York Jets	Oakland Raiders

Season	AFC East	AFC Central	AFC West
1970	Baltimore Colts	Cincinnati Bengals	Oakland Raiders
1971	Miami Dolphins	Cleveland Browns	Kansas City Chiefs
1972	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	Oakland Raiders
1973	Miami Dolphins	Cincinnati Bengals	Oakland Raiders
1974	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	Oakland Raiders
1975	Baltimore Colts	Pittsburgh Steelers	Oakland Raiders
1976	Baltimore Colts	Pittsburgh Steelers	Oakland Raiders
1977	Baltimore Colts	Pittsburgh Steelers	Denver Broncos
1978	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Denver Broncos
1979	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	San Diego Chargers
1980	Miami Dolphins	Cleveland Browns	San Diego Chargers
1981	Buffalo Bills	Cincinnati Bengals	San Diego Chargers
1982	Players' strike reduced the regular season to 9 games, thus division standings were ignored.
1983	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	Los Angeles Raiders
1984	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	Denver Broncos
1985	Miami Dolphins	Cleveland Browns	Los Angeles Raiders
1986	New England Patriots	Cleveland Browns	Denver Broncos
1987	Indianapolis Colts	Cleveland Browns	Denver Broncos
1988	Buffalo Bills	Cincinnati Bengals	Seattle Seahawks
1989	Buffalo Bills	Cleveland Browns	Denver Broncos
1990	Buffalo Bills	Cincinnati Bengals	Los Angeles Raiders
1991	Buffalo Bills	Houston Oilers	Denver Broncos
1992	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	San Diego Chargers
1993	Buffalo Bills	Houston Oilers	Kansas City Chiefs
1994	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	San Diego Chargers
1995	Buffalo Bills	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kansas City Chiefs
1996	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Denver Broncos
1997	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kansas City Chiefs
1998	New York Jets	Jacksonville Jaguars	Denver Broncos
1999	Indianapolis Colts	Jacksonville Jaguars	Seattle Seahawks
2000	Miami Dolphins	Tennessee Titans	Oakland Raiders
2001	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Oakland Raiders

Season	AFC East	AFC North	AFC South	AFC West
2002	New York Jets	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tennessee Titans	Oakland Raiders
2003	New England Patriots	Baltimore Ravens	Indianapolis Colts	Kansas City Chiefs
2004	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Indianapolis Colts	San Diego Chargers
2005	New England Patriots	Cincinnati Bengals	Indianapolis Colts	Denver Broncos
2006	New England Patriots	Baltimore Ravens	Indianapolis Colts	San Diego Chargers
2007	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Indianapolis Colts	San Diego Chargers
2008	Miami Dolphins	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tennessee Titans	San Diego Chargers
2009	New England Patriots	Cincinnati Bengals	Indianapolis Colts	San Diego Chargers
2010	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Indianapolis Colts	Kansas City Chiefs
2011	New England Patriots	Baltimore Ravens	Houston Texans	Denver Broncos
2012	New England Patriots	Baltimore Ravens	Houston Texans	Denver Broncos
2013	New England Patriots	Cincinnati Bengals	Indianapolis Colts	Denver Broncos
2014	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Indianapolis Colts	Denver Broncos
2015	New England Patriots	Cincinnati Bengals	Houston Texans	Denver Broncos
2016	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Houston Texans	Kansas City Chiefs
2017	New England Patriots	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jacksonville Jaguars	Kansas City Chiefs
2018	New England Patriots	Baltimore Ravens	Houston Texans	Kansas City Chiefs
2019	New England Patriots	Baltimore Ravens	Houston Texans	Kansas City Chiefs
2020	Buffalo Bills	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tennessee Titans	Kansas City Chiefs

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 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1960
 | {{Champions}} [[File:Oilers helmet.gif|x20px]] '''[[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers|Los Angeles Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1961
 | {{Champions}} [[File:Oilers helmet.gif|x20px]] '''[[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1962
@@ Line 38: / Line 38: @@
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1963
 | {{Champions}} {{Patriots helmet}} [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} '''[[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} '''[[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1964
 | {{Champions}} {{Bills helmet}} '''[[Buffalo Bills]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1965
 | {{Champions}} {{Bills helmet}} '''[[Buffalo Bills]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1966
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 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1967
 | {{Champions}} [[File:Oilers helmet.gif|x20px]] [[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1968
 | {{Champions}} {{Jets helmet}} '''[[New York Jets]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 5%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 1969
 | align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 30%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Jets helmet}} [[New York Jets]]
-| align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 30%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 30%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |}
 {| align="center" style="background: #{{AFC color}}; width: 100%; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-collapse:collapse;"
@@ Line 73: / Line 73: @@
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} '''[[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Bengals helmet}} [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1971
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 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} '''[[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1973
 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} '''[[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Bengals helmet}} [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1974
 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} '''[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1975
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} '''[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1976
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1977
@@ Line 118: / Line 118: @@
 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} '''[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1980
 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Browns helmet}} [[Cleveland Browns]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1981
 | {{Champions}} {{Bills helmet}} [[Buffalo Bills]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Bengals helmet}} [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1982
@@ Line 136: / Line 136: @@
 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Oakland Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Las Vegas Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1984
@@ Line 146: / Line 146: @@
 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Browns helmet}} [[Cleveland Browns]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1986
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 | {{Champions}} {{Bills helmet}} '''[[Buffalo Bills]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Bengals helmet}} [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1991
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 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1993
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 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} '''[[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} '''[[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 1995
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 | {{Champions}} {{Dolphins helmet}} [[Miami Dolphins]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Titans helmet}} [[Tennessee Titans]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | align="center" style="background: #e0e0e0; width: 5%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 2001
 | align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Patriots helmet}} '''[[New England Patriots]]
 | align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
-| align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Raiders helmet}} [[Oakland Raiders]]
+| align="left" style="background: #fff; width: 20%; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{AFC color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | {{Raiders helmet}} [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |}
 {| align="center" style="background: #{{AFC color}}; width: 100%; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-collapse:collapse;"
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 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Titans helmet}} [[Tennessee Titans]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Oakland Raiders]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Raiders helmet}} '''[[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2003
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 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} [[Indianapolis Colts]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2005
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 | {{Champions}} {{Ravens helmet}} [[Baltimore Ravens]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} '''[[Indianapolis Colts]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2007
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 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} [[Indianapolis Colts]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2008
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 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} '''[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Titans helmet}} [[Tennessee Titans]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2009
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 | {{Champions}} {{Bengals helmet}} [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Colts helmet}} '''[[Indianapolis Colts]]
-| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[San Diego Chargers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chargers helmet}} [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2010
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 |- align="center"
 | {{Champ-Yr}} 2017
-| {{Champions}} {{Patriots helmet}} [[New England Patriots]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Patriots helmet}} '''[[New England Patriots]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Jaguars helmet}} [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chiefs helmet}} [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
+|- align="center"
+| {{Champ-Yr}} 2018
+| {{Champions}} {{Patriots helmet}} '''[[New England Patriots]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Ravens helmet}} [[Baltimore Ravens]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Texans helmet}} [[Houston Texans]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chiefs helmet}} [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
+|- align="center"
+| {{Champ-Yr}} 2019
+| {{Champions}} {{Patriots helmet}} [[New England Patriots]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Ravens helmet}} [[Baltimore Ravens]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Texans helmet}} [[Houston Texans]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Chiefs helmet}} '''[[Kansas City Chiefs]]
+|- align="center"
+| {{Champ-Yr}} 2020
+| {{Champions}} {{Bills helmet}} [[Buffalo Bills]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Steelers helmet}} [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
+| {{Champions}} {{Titans helmet}} [[Tennessee Titans]]
 | {{Champions}} {{Chiefs helmet}} [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
 |}

Changes: List of American Football Conference division winners

Revision as of 04:54, 4 January 2021

Current structure

Division winners

See also