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AFC East
Conference American Football Conference
League National Football League
Sport American football
Founded 1960 (as the American Football League Eastern Division)
No. of teams 4
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 Buffalo Bills (15th title)
Most titles New England Patriots (22 titles)

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. All four members of the AFC East were previously members of the Eastern Division of the American Football League (AFL).

Both perfect regular seasons in professional football since the adoption of a 14-game schedule in the inaugural AFL season and by the NFL in 1961 have been achieved by teams in this division – the 1972 Dolphins, who completed the only perfect season in professional football at 17–0, and the 2007 Patriots, who finished 18–1 after losing Super Bowl XLII.[lower-alpha 1] Since the division's enfranchisement in 1960, with the creation of the AFL, the division has been represented in 22 Super Bowls and won 11 of them. The most recent appearance in the Super Bowl by an AFC East team was the Patriots victory in Super Bowl LIII. Among the current teams, they have a total of nine Super Bowl titles: six for the Patriots, two for the Dolphins, and one for the Jets.

The current champions of the AFC East are the Bills, who won 4 consecutive division titles in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Previously, the Patriots had won eleven consecutively from 2009 through 2019. The Patriots have won the most AFL/AFC East titles, at 22; followed by the Dolphins at 14(who also had the best record in the East during the strike shortened 82 season when divisions were scrapped for a seeded playoffs) and the Bills at 15. The Jets have won four. Two teams formerly in the division combined for ten AFL/AFC East titles – the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans) won four division titles (and the 1960 and 1961 AFL titles) during the AFL era[1] while the Baltimore–Indianapolis Colts won six division titles (and Super Bowl V) in the 32 seasons they were in the division.[2]

The AFC East teams have won 26 AFL or AFC championships: including 11 by the Patriots, 6 by the Bills, and 5 by the Dolphins. The now-Titans won 2, followed by 1 each by the Jets and Colts.

AFL Eastern Division[]

The American Football League Eastern Division was formed during the inaugural season of the American Football League in 1960, as a counterpart to the AFL Western Division. The divisional alignment consisted of the Buffalo Bills, Boston Patriots, New York Titans and Houston Oilers. The Miami Dolphins entered the AFL in 1966 as part of its Eastern division.[3]

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Locale of the current 4 AFC East teams

The division was absorbed nearly intact with the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, but Houston was moved to the AFC Central (formerly the NFL Century Division, now the AFC North) and replaced by the closer Baltimore Colts (from the NFL Coastal Division, which became the NFC West). Despite relocating to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1984, the Colts continued to play in the AFC East until NFL expansion from 31 to 32 teams with the addition of the Houston Texans (successor club in Houston to the Oilers) and 2002 re-alignment when they were moved to the AFC South (the successor franchise to the Oilers, the Tennessee Titans, is also in the AFC South).[4]

Although Miami is farther south than the home cities of the other three teams, all of which are in the Northeast, all four AFC East teams have historical rivalries among them, dating from their years in the AFL during the 1960s.[5] All four teams in this division are based in the Eastern Time Zone.

None of the AFC East teams currently play within the central city of their metropolitan area (in New England's case, they also reflect the region they are based in):

  • The Bills play in Orchard Park, New York; they played in the city of Buffalo from 1960 to 1972.
  • The Jets play in East Rutherford, New Jersey (and share a stadium with the New York Giants; they played in the New York City borough of Manhattan from 1960 to 1963, and in the borough of Queens from 1964 to 1983).
  • The Dolphins play in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of Miami (Miami Gardens was separated from the city itself and incorporated in 2003). The Dolphins also played in the Miami neighborhood of Little Havana from 1966 to 1986 when they played at the Orange Bowl.
  • The Patriots play in Foxborough, Massachusetts (they played in Boston, the largest city in New England, until 1970 and adopted their current name in 1971 when they moved into what eventually became known as Foxboro Stadium).

Almost analogously, three out of the four NFC East teams do not actually play within the city of their naming (only the Philadelphia Eagles do so).

All of the teams are or were coached by a first or second generation member of the Bill Parcells coaching tree: the Patriots have Bill Belichick; the Dolphins had Tony Sparano; the Jets had Eric Mangini (who served as an assistant with both Belichick and Parcells); and the Bills had Dick Jauron (fired on November 17, 2009), who served as an assistant with former Parcells assistant Tom Coughlin. The Jets were coached by Todd Bowles (2015–2018) and the Bills were coached by Rex Ryan for 31 games (the entire 2015–16 season, and he was fired before the last game of the 2016–17 season and replaced with interim Head Coach Anthony Lynn). Parcells himself coached the Patriots (1993–96) and the Jets (1997–99) and was Vice President of Football Operations for the Dolphins until the summer of 2010.[6]

ESPN's Chris Berman often calls this division the "AFC Adams" due to its geographical similarity to the old Adams Division of the NHL, now succeeded by the Atlantic Division.

Along with the AFC (formerly AFL) West, the AFC East is the oldest NFL division in terms of creation date (1960).

Division lineups[]

Place cursor over year for division champion or Super Bowl team.

AFL Eastern Division
1900s
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
Buffalo Bills
Boston Patriots
New York Titans New York Jets [C]
Houston Oilers [B]
  Miami Dolphins [D]
AFC East Division
1900s 2000s
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01
Buffalo Bills
Boston Patriots New England Patriots [A]
New York Jets
Baltimore Colts [E] Indianapolis Colts [F]
Miami Dolphins
AFC East Division
2000s
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
New England Patriots
Buffalo Bills
New York Jets
Miami Dolphins
     Team not in division      Division Won AFL Championship      Division Won AFC Championship      Division Won Super Bowl
A Boston Patriots renamed to New England Patriots.
B Houston Oilers move to newly created AFC Central division (1970 season) and later are renamed the Tennessee Oilers (1997 season), then Tennessee Titans (1999 season). Moved to AFC South in 2002.
C New York Titans renamed to New York Jets (1963 season)
D Miami Dolphins enfranchised (1966 season)
E Baltimore Colts merge from NFL's Coastal Division (1970 season)
F Baltimore Colts relocate to Indianapolis subsequently renamed Indianapolis Colts (1984 season). Moved to AFC South in 2002.

Division champions[]

Season Team Record Playoff Results
1960 Houston Oilers (1) 10–4 Won AFL Championship (Chargers) 24–16
1961 Houston Oilers (2) 10–3–1 Won AFL Championship (at Chargers) 10–3
1962 Houston Oilers (3) 11–3 Lost AFL Championship (Texans) 17–20 (2OT)
1963 Boston Patriots (1) 7–6–1 Won Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 26–8
Lost AFL Championship (at Chargers) 10–51
1964 Buffalo Bills (1) 12–2 Won AFL Championship (Chargers) 20–7
1965 Buffalo Bills (2) 10–3–1 Won AFL Championship (at Chargers) 23–0
1966 Buffalo Bills (3) 9–4–1 Lost AFL Championship (Chiefs) 7–31
1967 Houston Oilers (4) 9–4–1 Lost AFL Championship (at Raiders) 7–40
1968 New York Jets (1) 11–3 Won AFL Championship (Raiders) 27–23
Won Super Bowl III (vs. Colts) 16–7
1969 New York Jets (2) 10–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 6–13
1970 Baltimore Colts (1) 11–2–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 17–0
Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 27–17
Won Super Bowl V (vs. Cowboys) 16–13
1971 Miami Dolphins (1) 10–3–1 Won Divisional playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 (2OT)
Won AFC Championship (Colts) 21–0
Lost Super Bowl VI (vs. Cowboys) 3–24
1972 Miami Dolphins (2) 14–0 Won Divisional playoffs (Browns) 20–14
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 21–17
Won Super Bowl VII (vs. Redskins) 14–7
1973 Miami Dolphins (3) 12–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 34–16
Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 27–10
Won Super Bowl VIII (vs. Vikings) 24–7
1974 Miami Dolphins (4) 11–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 26–28
1975 Baltimore Colts (2) 10–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 10–28
1976 Baltimore Colts (3) 11–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 14–40
1977 Baltimore Colts (4) 10–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Raiders) 31–37 (2OT)
1978 New England Patriots (2) 11–5 Lost Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 14–31
1979 Miami Dolphins (5) 10–6 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 14–34
1980 Buffalo Bills (4) 11–5 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 14–20
1981 Miami Dolphins (6) 11–4–1 Lost Divisional playoffs (Chargers) 38–41 (OT)
1982+ Miami Dolphins+ 7–2 Won First Round playoffs (Patriots) 28–13
Won Second Round playoffs (Chargers) 34–13
Won AFC Championship (Jets) 14–0
Lost Super Bowl XVII (vs. Redskins) 17–27
1983 Miami Dolphins (7) 12–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 20–27
1984 Miami Dolphins (8) 14–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 31–10
Won AFC Championship (Steelers) 45–28
Lost Super Bowl XIX (vs. 49ers) 16–38
1985 Miami Dolphins (9) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Browns) 24–21
Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 14–31
1986 New England Patriots (3) 11–5 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 22–17
1987 Indianapolis Colts (5) 9–6 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Browns) 21–38
1988 Buffalo Bills (5) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 17–10
Lost AFC Championship (at Bengals) 10–21
1989 Buffalo Bills (6) 9–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Browns) 30–34
1990 Buffalo Bills (7) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 44–34
Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 51–3
Lost Super Bowl XXV (vs. Giants) 19–20
1991 Buffalo Bills (8) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 37–14
Won AFC Championship (Broncos) 10–7
Lost Super Bowl XXVI (vs. Redskins) 24–37
1992 Miami Dolphins (10) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Chargers) 31–0
Lost AFC Championship (Bills) 10–29
1993 Buffalo Bills (9) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Raiders) 29–23
Won AFC Championship (Chiefs) 30–13
Lost Super Bowl XXVIII (vs. Cowboys) 13–30
1994 Miami Dolphins (11) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Chiefs) 27–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 21–22
1995 Buffalo Bills (10) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 37–22
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 21–40
1996 New England Patriots (4) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 28–3
Won AFC Championship (Jaguars) 20–6
Lost Super Bowl XXXI (vs. Packers) 21–35
1997 New England Patriots (5) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 17–3
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 6–7
1998 New York Jets (3) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 34–24
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 10–23
1999 Indianapolis Colts (6) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Titans) 16–19
2000 Miami Dolphins (12) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 23–17 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 0–27
2001 New England Patriots (6) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Raiders) 16–13 (OT)
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 24–17
Won Super Bowl XXXVI (vs. Rams) 20–17
2002 New York Jets (4) 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 41–0
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 10–30
2003 New England Patriots (7) 14–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Titans) 17–14
Won AFC Championship (Colts) 24–14
Won Super Bowl XXXVIII (vs. Panthers) 32–29
2004 New England Patriots (8) 14–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 20–3
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 41–27
Won Super Bowl XXXIX (vs. Eagles) 24–21
2005 New England Patriots (9) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Jaguars) 28–3
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 13–27
2006 New England Patriots (10) 12–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 37–16
Won Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 24–21
Lost AFC Championship (at Colts) 34–38
2007 New England Patriots (11) 16–0 Won Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 31–20
Won AFC Championship (Chargers) 21–12
Lost Super Bowl XLII (vs. Giants) 14–17
2008 Miami Dolphins (13) 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 9–27
2009 New England Patriots (12) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 14–33
2010 New England Patriots (13) 14–2 Lost Divisional playoffs (Jets) 21–28
2011 New England Patriots (14) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Broncos) 45–10
Won AFC Championship (Ravens) 23–20
Lost Super Bowl XLVI (vs. Giants) 17–21
2012 New England Patriots (15) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 41–28
Lost AFC Championship (Ravens) 13–28
2013 New England Patriots (16) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 43–22
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 16–26
2014 New England Patriots (17) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 35–31
Won AFC Championship (Colts) 45–7
Won Super Bowl XLIX (vs. Seahawks) 28–24
2015 New England Patriots (18) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 27–20
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 18–20
2016 New England Patriots (19) 14–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 34–16
Won AFC Championship (Steelers) 36–17
Won Super Bowl LI (vs. Falcons) 34–28 (OT)
2017 New England Patriots (20) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Titans) 35–14
Won AFC Championship (Jaguars) 24–20
Lost Super Bowl LII (vs. Eagles) 33–41
2018 New England Patriots (21) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Chargers) 41–28
Won AFC Championship (at Chiefs) 37–31 (OT)
Won Super Bowl LIII (vs. Rams) 13–3
2019 New England Patriots (22) 12–4 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Titans) 13–20
2020 Buffalo Bills (11) 13–3 Won Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 27–24
Won Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 17–3
Lost AFC Championship (at Chiefs) 24–38
2021 Buffalo Bills (12) 11–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Patriots) 47–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Chiefs) 36–42 (OT)
2022++ Buffalo Bills (13) 13–3 Won Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 34–31
Lost Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 10–27
2023 Buffalo Bills (14) 11–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 31–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 24–27
2024 Buffalo Bills (15) 13–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (vs. Broncos) 31–7
TBD Divisional playoffs (vs. Ravens)
  • + – A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, Miami had the best record of the division teams.
  • ++ – Due to the Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals being declared a no-contest (and later cancelled), the Buffalo Bills officially played 16 games in the 2022 season.

Wild Card qualifiers[]

Season Team Record Playoff Results
1969 Houston Oilers 6–6–2 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 7–56
1970 Miami Dolphins 10–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 14–21
1971 Baltimore Colts 10–4 Won Divisional playoffs (at Browns) 20–3
Lost AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 0–21
1974 Buffalo Bills 9–5 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 14–32
1976 New England Patriots 11–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 21–24
1978 Miami Dolphins 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Oilers) 9–17
1981 New York Jets 10–5–1 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Bills) 27–31
Buffalo Bills 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Jets) 31–27
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bengals) 21–28
1982+ New York Jets 6–3 Won First Round playoffs (at Bengals) 44–17
Won Second Round playoffs (at Raiders) 17–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 0–14
New England Patriots 5–4 Lost First Round playoffs (at Dolphins) 13–28
1985 New York Jets 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Patriots) 14–26
New England Patriots 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Jets) 26–14
Won Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 27–20
Won AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 31–14
Lost Super Bowl XX (vs. Bears) 10–46
1986 New York Jets 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Chiefs) 35–15
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Browns) 20–23 (2OT)
1990 Miami Dolphins 12–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (Chiefs) 17–16
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 34–44
1991 New York Jets 8–8 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Oilers) 10–17
1992 Buffalo Bills 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Oilers) 41–38 (OT)
Won Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 24–3
Won AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 29–10
Lost Super Bowl XXVII (vs. Cowboys) 17–52
1994 New England Patriots 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Browns) 13–20
1995 Indianapolis Colts 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Chargers) 35–20
Won Divisional playoffs (at Chiefs) 10–7
Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 16–20
Miami Dolphins 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 22–37
1996 Buffalo Bills 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Jaguars) 27–30
Indianapolis Colts 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Steelers) 14–42
1997 Miami Dolphins 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Patriots) 3–17
1998 Miami Dolphins 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Bills) 24–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 3–38
Buffalo Bills 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–24
New England Patriots 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jaguars) 10–25
1999 Buffalo Bills 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Titans) 16–22
Miami Dolphins 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 20–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Jaguars) 7–62
2000 Indianapolis Colts 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–23 (OT)
2001 Miami Dolphins 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 3–20
New York Jets 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Raiders) 24–38
2004 New York Jets 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Chargers) 20–17 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 17–20 (OT)
2006 New York Jets 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Patriots) 16–37
2009 New York Jets 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 24–14
Won Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 17–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Colts) 17–30
2010 New York Jets 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 17–16
Won Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 28–21
Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 19–24
2016 Miami Dolphins 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Steelers) 12–30
2017 Buffalo Bills 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jaguars) 3–10
2019 Buffalo Bills 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 19–22 (OT)
2021 New England Patriots 10–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 17–47
2022 Miami Dolphins 9–8 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 31–34
2023 Miami Dolphins 11–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 7–26
  • + – A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, Miami had the best record of the division teams.

Total playoff berths while in the AFL/AFC East[]

(AFC East records 1960–2021 seasons)
Reflects Colts & Oilers results only while in the East Division.
In the sortable table below, teams can be ordered by name, number of division wins, playoff berths, or titles.

Team Division
Titles		 Playoff
Berths		 AFL
Titles		 AFC
Championships		 Super Bowl
Championships
New England Patriots 22 28 0 11 6
Buffalo Bills 14 22 2 4 0
Miami Dolphins 13 24 0 5 2
New York Jets 4 14 1 0 1
Indianapolis Colts1* 6 10 0 2 1
Houston Oilers2* 4 5 2 0 0
AFC East Division
Titles		 Playoff
Berths		 AFL
Titles		 AFC
Championships		 Super Bowl
Championships
Totals- 1960–2021 61 98 5 21 10

1 Realigned from NFL Coastal in 1970 merger. Known as the Baltimore Colts before 1984. Realigned into the AFC South beginning with the 2002 NFL season.
2 Realigned into the AFC Central in 1970 merger, and into the AFC South in 2002. Known as Tennessee Oilers from 1997 to 1998, and Tennessee Titans since 1999.

Season results[]

(#) Denotes team that won the Super Bowl
(#) Denotes team that won the AFC Championship
(#) Denotes team that won the AFL Championship
(#) Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs or AFL Playoffs
Season Team (record)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
AFL Eastern
1960 Houston (10–4) N.Y. Titans (7–7) Buffalo (5–8–1) Boston (5–9)
1961 Houston (10–3–1) Boston (9–4–1) N.Y. Titans (7–7) Buffalo (6–8)
1962 Houston (11–3) Boston (9–4–1) Buffalo (7–6–1) N.Y. Titans (5–9)
1963 Boston (7–6–1) Buffalo (7–6–1) Houston (6–8) N.Y. Jets (5–8–1)
1964 Buffalo (12–2) Boston (10–3–1) N.Y. Jets (5–8–1) Houston (4–10)
1965 Buffalo (10–3–1) N.Y. Jets (5–8–1) Boston (4–8–2) Houston (4–10)
1966 Buffalo (9–4–1) Boston (8–4–2) N.Y. Jets (6–6–2) Houston (3–11) Miami (3–11)
1967 Houston (9–4–1) N.Y. Jets (8–5–1) Buffalo (4–10) Miami (4–10) Boston (3–10–1)
1968 N.Y. Jets (11–3) Houston (7–7) Miami (5–8–1) Boston (4–10) Buffalo (1–12–1)
1969 N.Y. Jets (10–4) Houston (6–6–2) Boston (4–10) Buffalo (4–10) Miami (3–10–1)
AFC East
1970 Baltimore (11–2–1) Miami (10–4) N.Y. Jets (4–10) Buffalo (3–10–1) Boston (2–12)
1971 Miami (10–3–1) Baltimore (10–4) New England (6–8) N.Y. Jets (6–8) Buffalo (1–13)
1972 Miami (14–0) N.Y. Jets (7–7) Baltimore (5–9) Buffalo (4–9–1) New England (3–11)
1973 Miami (12–2) Buffalo (9–5) New England (5–9) N.Y. Jets (4–10) Baltimore (4–10)
1974 Miami (11–3) Buffalo (9–5) New England (7–7) N.Y. Jets (7–7) Baltimore (2–12)
1975 (3) Baltimore (10–4) Miami (10–4) Buffalo (8–6) N.Y. Jets (3–11) New England (3–11)
1976 (2) Baltimore (11–3) (4) New England (11–3) Miami (6–8) N.Y. Jets (3–11) Buffalo (2–12)
1977 (2) Baltimore (10–4) Miami (10–4) New England (9–5) Buffalo (3–11) N.Y. Jets (3–11)
1978 (2) New England (11–5) (4) Miami (11–5) N.Y. Jets (8–8) Buffalo (5–11) Baltimore (5–11)
1979 (3) Miami (10–6) New England (9–7) N.Y. Jets (8–8) Buffalo (7–9) Baltimore (5–11)
1980 (3) Buffalo (11–5) New England (10–6) Miami (8–8) Baltimore (7–9) N.Y. Jets (4–12)
1981 (2) Miami (11–4–1) (4) N.Y. Jets (10–5–1) (5) Buffalo (10–6) Baltimore (2–14) New England (2–14)
1982^ (2) Miami (7–2) (6) N.Y. Jets (6–3) (7) New England (5–4) Buffalo (4–5) Baltimore (0–8–1)
1983 (2) Miami (12–4) New England (8–8) Buffalo (8–8) Baltimore (7–9) N.Y. Jets (7–9)
1984 (1) Miami (14–2) New England (9–7) N.Y. Jets (7–9) Indianapolis (4–12) Buffalo (2–14)
1985 (2) Miami (12–4) (4) N.Y. Jets (11–5) (5) New England (11–5) Indianapolis (5–11) Buffalo (2–14)
1986 (3) New England (11–5) (4) N.Y. Jets (10–6) Miami (8–8) Buffalo (4–12) Indianapolis (3–13)
1987 (3) Indianapolis (9–6) New England (8–7) Miami (8–7) Buffalo (7–8) N.Y. Jets (6–9)
1988 (2) Buffalo (12–4) Indianapolis (9–7) New England (9–7) N.Y. Jets (8–7–1) Miami (6–10)
1989 (3) Buffalo (9–7) Indianapolis (8–8) Miami (8–8) New England (5–11) N.Y. Jets (4–12)
1990 (1) Buffalo (13–3) (4) Miami (12–4) Indianapolis (7–9) N.Y. Jets (6–10) New England (1–15)
1991 (1) Buffalo (13–3) (6) N.Y. Jets (8–8) Miami (8–8) New England (6–10) Indianapolis (1–15)
1992 (2) Miami (11–5) (4) Buffalo (11–5) Indianapolis (9–7) N.Y. Jets (4–12) New England (2–14)
1993 (1) Buffalo (12–4) Miami (9–7) N.Y. Jets (8–8) New England (5–11)

Indianapolis (4–12)

1994 (3) Miami (10–6) (5) New England (10–6) Indianapolis (8–8) Buffalo (7–9) N.Y. Jets (6–10)
1995 (3) Buffalo (10–6) (5) Indianapolis (9–7) (6) Miami (9–7) New England (6–10) N.Y. Jets (3–13)
1996 (2) New England (11–5) (4) Buffalo (10–6) (6) Indianapolis (9–7) Miami (8–8) N.Y. Jets (1–15)
1997 (3) New England (10–6) (6) Miami (9–7) N.Y. Jets (9–7) Buffalo (6–10) Indianapolis (3–13)
1998 (2) N.Y. Jets (12–4) (4) Miami (10–6) (5) Buffalo (10–6) (6) New England (9–7)

Indianapolis (3–13)

1999 (2) Indianapolis (13–3) (5) Buffalo (11–5) (6) Miami (9–7) N.Y. Jets (8–8) New England (8–8)
2000 (3) Miami (11–5) (6) Indianapolis (10–6) N.Y. Jets (9–7) Buffalo (8–8) New England (5–11)
2001 (2) New England (11–5) (4) Miami (11–5) (6) N.Y. Jets (10–6) Indianapolis (6–10) Buffalo (3–13)
2002 (4) N.Y. Jets (9–7) New England (9–7) Miami (9–7) Buffalo (8–8)
2003 (1) New England (14–2) Miami (10–6) Buffalo (6–10) N.Y. Jets (6–10)
2004 (2) New England (14–2) (5) N.Y. Jets (10–6) Buffalo (9–7) Miami (4–12)
2005 (4) New England (10–6) Miami (9–7) Buffalo (5–11) N.Y. Jets (4–12)
2006 (4) New England (12–4) (5) N.Y. Jets (10–6) Buffalo (7–9) Miami (6–10)
2007 (1) New England (16–0) Buffalo (7–9) N.Y. Jets (4–12) Miami (1–15)
2008 (3) Miami (11–5) New England (11–5) N.Y. Jets (9–7) Buffalo (7–9)
2009 (3) New England (10–6) (5) N.Y. Jets (9–7) Miami (7–9) Buffalo (6–10)
2010 (1) New England (14–2) (6) N.Y. Jets (11–5) Miami (7–9) Buffalo (4–12)
2011 (1) New England (13–3) N.Y. Jets (8–8) Miami (6–10) Buffalo (6–10)
2012 (2) New England (12–4) Miami (7–9) N.Y. Jets (6–10) Buffalo (6–10)
2013 (2) New England (12–4) N.Y. Jets (8–8) Miami (8–8) Buffalo (6–10)
2014 (1) New England (12–4) Buffalo (9–7) Miami (8–8) N.Y. Jets (4–12)
2015 (2) New England (12–4) N.Y. Jets (10–6) Buffalo (8–8) Miami (6–10)
2016 (1) New England (14–2) (6) Miami (10–6) Buffalo (7–9) N.Y. Jets (5–11)
2017 (1) New England (13–3) (6) Buffalo (9–7) Miami (6–10) N.Y. Jets (5–11)
2018 (2) New England (11–5) Miami (7–9) Buffalo (6–10) N.Y. Jets (4–12)
2019 (3) New England (12–4) (5) Buffalo (10–6) N.Y. Jets (7–9) Miami (5–11)
2020 (2) Buffalo (13–3) Miami (10–6) New England (7–9) N.Y. Jets (2–14)
2021 (3) Buffalo (11–6) (6) New England (10–7) Miami (9–8) N.Y. Jets (4–13)
2022 (2) Buffalo (13–3) (7) Miami (9–8) New England (8–9) N.Y. Jets (7–10)
2023 (2) Buffalo (11–6) (6) Miami (11–6) N.Y. Jets (7–10) New England (4–13)

See also[]

AFC East Interdivisional and Interconference Rivals

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans Team Encyclopedia - Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts Team Encyclopedia - Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ Pro Football Schedules: A Complete Historical Guide from 1933 to the Present,Urena, Ivan (December 11, 2013). Pro Football Schedules: A Complete Historical Guide from 1933 to the Present. McFarland. ISBN 9780786473519.
  4. ↑ NFL and AFL announce merger - Jun 08, 1966 - HISTORY.com.
  5. ↑ Clayton: AFC South could be worst division ever (October 26, 2015).
  6. ↑ Bill Parcells thinks Miami Dolphins could make a run at the AFC East title (July 17, 2013).

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