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Bill Belichick has been the head coach for nine AFC championship teams. [6] Don Shula and Andy Reid have each been the head coach of five AFC championship teams. [7] [8] Chuck Noll and Marv Levy each coached four AFC champions. [4] [9] Tom Brady has been the starting quarterback for nine AFC championship teams, more than any other quarterback. [6]
The redesigned Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded since 2010–11 season. The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the AFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card" teams ...
During the 1950s, the National Football League had grown to rival Major League Baseball as one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States. One franchise that did not share in this newfound success of the league was the Chicago Cardinals – owned by the Bidwill family – who had become overshadowed by the more popular Chicago Bears.
The Chargers championship win is noted for being the only and most recent major sports championship won for the city of San Diego. No other city with at least two major professional sports teams has a championship drought as long, as of 2024 (61 years). This is also the only time that the Chargers have beaten the Patriots in a postseason game.
Originally, only the champions of their respective national league and the defending champion of the competition were allowed to participate. However, this was changed in 2002 to allow the national cup winners to compete as well. In 2024, the competition rebranded again, and was renamed as the AFC Champions League Elite.
Won AFC Championship (at Raiders) 24–13 Won Super Bowl IX (vs. Vikings) 16–6 1975: Pittsburgh Steelers (3) 12–2: Won Divisional playoffs 28–10 Won AFC Championship 16–10 Won Super Bowl X (vs. Cowboys) 21–17 1976: Pittsburgh Steelers (4) 10–4: Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 40–14 Lost AFC Championship (at Raiders) 7–24 1977
The first-year Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 played as a member of the AFC West [5] before being aligned into the NFC Central in 1977. Each of the four AFC West teams won a division title in the first four years of the realignment – Oakland in 2002 , Kansas City in 2003 , San Diego in 2004 and Denver in 2005 .
The American Football Conference – Eastern Division or AFC East is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). There are currently four teams that reside in the division: the Buffalo Bills , the Miami Dolphins , the New England Patriots , and the New York Jets .