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This category lists the seasons of NFL football teams that won the AFC Central Division Championship. Pages in category "AFC Central championship seasons" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
The AFC champion is not necessarily the team with the best record in the regular season. Rather, the champion is decided by the AFC Championship Game (formerly the AFL Championship Game) as part of the post-season playoffs involving the teams with the best regular season records.
The table below shows AFC Championship Game records by division, based on the division the franchise was in during the season the championship game was played. The NFL realigned divisions prior to the 2002 season, renaming the AFC Central as the AFC North, creating the AFC South, and shifting several teams among the divisions.
The 1986 Cleveland Browns season was the team’s 37th season with the National Football League.The death of Don Rogers, a promising young defensive back who was preparing to enter his third season in the NFL, cast a black cloud over the team as it prepared for the 1986 season.
AFC Central championship seasons (31 P) AFC East championship seasons (54 P) AFC North championship seasons (22 P) AFC South championship seasons (23 P)
A ticket for the AFC Championship game between the Browns and the Broncos. The 1987 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 38th season in the National Football League.. Led by another 3,000-yard season from Bernie Kosar, the Browns captured their third-straight AFC Central crown.
The 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 40th in the National Football League. Pittsburgh finished with an 11–3 record in 1972, their first winning season in 9 years (1963), and won their first-ever AFC Central Division title.
The 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 69th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League (NFL). After finishing the previous three seasons a combined 22–26, the Steelers returned to the top seed in the AFC, rolling to a 13–3 record in their first playoff berth and AFC Central title since 1997 and playing at Heinz Field.