AFC East Division Titles

Lore & Background

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. Since the division's establishment 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 loss in Super Bowl LX. 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.

Reader's Guide

The current champions of the AFC East are the New England Patriots. The Patriots have won the most AFL/AFC East titles, at 23; followed by the Bills at 15 and the Dolphins at 13. 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 during the AFL era while the Baltimore–Indianapolis Colts won six division titles in the 32 seasons they were in the division. The AFC East teams have won 26 AFL or AFC championships: including 11 by the Patriots, six by the Bills, and five by the Dolphins. The Oilers won two; the Jets and Colts won one each.

Did You Know?

• The division was absorbed nearly intact with the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, but Houston was moved to the AFC Central and replaced by the Baltimore Colts.
• All four AFC East teams are based in the Eastern Time Zone.
• None of the AFC East teams currently play within the central city of their metropolitan area.