American Football Conference

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NFL conference sports league conference

The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two primary conferences of the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
American Football Conference canonical 55
AFC 3
American Conference (NFL) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL conference ⓘ
sports league conference ⓘ
abbreviation AFC ⓘ
championPlaysIn Super Bowl ⓘ
competitionType professional ⓘ
confersTitle AFC Championship Game ⓘ
surface form: AFC Championship
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determines AFC champion ⓘ
formationContext NFL–AFL merger ⓘ
formedFrom teams of the American Football League ⓘ
teams of the National Football League ⓘ
foundedAs American Football League ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
governingBody National Football League ⓘ
hasCounterpart National Football Conference ⓘ
hasDivision AFC East ⓘ
AFC North ⓘ
AFC South ⓘ
AFC West ⓘ
hasTeam Baltimore Ravens ⓘ
Buffalo Bills ⓘ
Cincinnati Bengals ⓘ
Cleveland Browns ⓘ
Denver Broncos ⓘ
Houston Texans ⓘ
Indianapolis Colts ⓘ
Jacksonville Jaguars ⓘ
Kansas City Chiefs ⓘ
Las Vegas Raiders ⓘ
Los Angeles Chargers ⓘ
Miami Dolphins ⓘ
New England Patriots ⓘ
New York Jets ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
Tennessee Titans ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeamByConferenceTitles Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeamBySuperBowls New England Patriots ⓘ
numberOfDivisions 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
partOf National Football League ⓘ
seasonStructure regular season and playoffs ⓘ
shortName AFC ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startSeason 1970 NFL season ⓘ
teamCountPerDivision 4 ⓘ
winnerQualifiesFor Super Bowl ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NFC → parallelConferenceFullName → American Football Conference ⓘ
National Football League → hasConference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Pat Patriot → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
National Football Conference → siblingConference → American Football Conference ⓘ
National Football Conference → hasRegularSeasonGamesAgainst → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC Championship Game → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC playoffs → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC East → partOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC East → divisionOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC
AFC East → conferenceAbbreviation → American Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC
Buffalo Bills → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC
AFC North → partOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC South → partOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC South → divisionOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL American Football Conference
AFC West → partOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
Super Bowl → participant → American Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Football Conference champion
Baltimore Ravens → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Rex Ryan era → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Super Bowl XXXVII → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Jacksonville Jaguars → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Cleveland Browns → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Houston Texans → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Lamar Hunt Trophy → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Lamar Hunt Trophy → associatedWithConference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Super Bowl XXII → conferenceAFC → American Football Conference ⓘ
Buffalo Bills–New England Patriots rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Miami Dolphins–New England Patriots rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Buffalo Bills–New York Jets rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC vs NFC → conference1 → American Football Conference ⓘ
Sean McDermott → coachesConference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cleveland Browns → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFC Central → partOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Denver Broncos–Kansas City Chiefs rivalry → team1League → American Football Conference ⓘ
Denver Broncos–Kansas City Chiefs rivalry → team2League → American Football Conference ⓘ
Kansas City Chiefs–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Denver Broncos–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
Denver Broncos–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
AFL → successorLeagueStructure → American Football Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: American Football League
Raiders → conferenceAffiliationSinceMerger → American Football Conference ⓘ
NFL regular season → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
NYJ → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
New York Sack Exchange → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
New York Sack Exchange → division → American Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Football Conference East Division
NFL tiebreaking procedures → appliesTo → American Football Conference ⓘ
1982 AFC Championship Game → conference → American Football Conference ⓘ
1982 AFC Championship Game → conferenceChampionshipOf → American Football Conference ⓘ
Eastern Conference → replacedBy → American Football Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (NFL)
Eastern Conference → predecessor → American Football Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (NFL)
this entity surface form: American Conference (NFL)