AFC EAST DIVISION
Updated: 09 july 2020
DIVISION CHAMPIONS
BUFFALO
BILLS
MIAMI
DOLPHINS
NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS
NEW YORK
JETS
(ORCHARD PARK, NY)
(1970-)
(MIAMI GARDENS, FL)
(1970-)
(FOXBORO, MA)
(1970-)
(EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ)
(1970-)
STADIUM

(NEW ERA FIELD)
(71,608)
(1973-)
FIRST SEASON
1960
PREVIOUS LEAGUE
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
(1960-1969)
RECENT CHAMPIONS
1965 AFL CHAMPIONSHIP
2019 PLAYOFFS
STADIUM

(HARD ROCK STADIUM)
(64,767)
(1987-)
FIRST SEASON
1966
PREVIOUS LEAGUE
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
(1966-1969)
RECENT CHAMPIONS
1973 (SUPER BOWL VIII)
2016 PLAYOFFS
STADIUM

(GILLETTE STADIUM)
(66,829)
(2002-)
FIRST SEASON
1960
PREVIOUS LEAGUE
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
(1960-1969)
RECENT CHAMPIONS
2018 (SUPER BOWL LIII)
2018 PLAYOFFS
STADIUM

(METLIFE STADIUM)
(82,500)
(2010-)
FIRST SEASON
1960
PREVIOUS LEAGUE
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
(1960-1969)
RECENT CHAMPIONS
1968 (SUPER BOWL III)
2010 PLAYOFFS
DIVISION HISTORY
AFL EASTERN 1960-1969
AFC EAST 1970-
1960-1962
BOSTON
PATRIOTS
BUFFALO
BILLS
HOUSTON
OILERS
NEW YORK
TITANS

1963-1965
New York Titans are renamed New York Jets.
BOSTON
PATRIOTS
BUFFALO
BILLS
HOUSTON
OILERS
NEW YORK
JETS

1966-1969
Miami Dolphins joined the AFL.
BOSTON
PATRIOTS
BUFFALO
BILLS
HOUSTON
OILERS
MIAMI
DOLPHINS
NEW YORK
JETS

1970
Houston Oilers move to newly created AFC Central division.
BALTIMORE
COLTS
BOSTON
PATRIOTS
BUFFALO
BILLS
MIAMI
DOLPHINS
NEW YORK
JETS

1971-1983
Boston Patriots moved to Foxborough,MA and were renamed the New England Patriots.
BALTIMORE
COLTS
BUFFALO
BILLS
MIAMI
DOLPHINS
NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS
NEW YORK
JETS

1984-2001
Baltimore Colts were renamed the Indianapolis Colts.
BUFFALO
BILLS
INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS
MIAMI
DOLPHINS
NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS
NEW YORK
JETS

2002-PRESENT
Indianapolis Colts moved to AFC South in 2002.
BUFFALO
BILLS
MIAMI
DOLPHINS
NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS
NEW YORK
JETS