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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 .
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...
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 ...
AFC East: 1st: 12 4 0 Won Divisional playoffs 27–20 Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 18–20 2016: 2016: NFL: AFC: East: 1st: 14 2 0 Won Divisional playoffs 34–16 Won AFC Championship 36–17 Won Super Bowl LI (5) (vs. Falcons) 34–28 (OT) Tom Brady 2017: 2017: NFL AFC: East: 1st: 13 3 0 Won Divisional playoffs 35–14
Pages in category "AFC East championship seasons" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Bills ended a streak of four consecutive losing seasons by winning the AFC East. They finished the 1988 season with a record of twelve wins and four losses; it was the club's first winning season since 1981 , its first 12-win season since the 1964 AFL championship season , and only the fifth double-digit win season in team history.
The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference. [1]
Conference Championship Games in those time zones now start no earlier than 12 p.m. local time. When Denver and San Francisco hosted the AFC and NFC Championship Games in 1990, the league moved both contests back an hour, but it also forced the networks to reluctantly change or move their prime time lineups. Holding the games on separate days ...