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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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 (39)

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

Lamar Hunt Trophy → associatedWithConference → American Football Conference →
Sean McDermott → coachesConference → American Football Conference →
AFC Championship Game → conference → American Football Conference →
AFC playoffs → conference → American Football Conference →
Baltimore Ravens → conference → American Football Conference →
Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals → conference → American Football Conference →
Buffalo Bills → conference → American Football Conference →
this entity surface form: "AFC"
Buffalo Bills–New England Patriots rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Buffalo Bills–New York Jets rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Cleveland Browns → conference → American Football Conference →
Denver Broncos–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Denver Broncos–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Houston Texans → conference → American Football Conference →
Jacksonville Jaguars → conference → American Football Conference →
Kansas City Chiefs–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Lamar Hunt Trophy → conference → American Football Conference →
Miami Dolphins–New England Patriots rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry → conference → American Football Conference →
Pat Patriot → conference → American Football Conference →
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cleveland Browns → conference → American Football Conference →
Rex Ryan era → conference → American Football Conference →
Super Bowl XXXVII → conference → American Football Conference →
AFC vs NFC → conference1 → American Football Conference →
Super Bowl XXII → conferenceAFC → American Football Conference →
AFC East → conferenceAbbreviation → American Football Conference →
this entity surface form: "AFC"
AFC East → divisionOf → American Football Conference →
this entity surface form: "AFC"
AFC South → divisionOf → American Football Conference →
this entity surface form: "NFL American Football Conference"
National Football League → hasConference → American Football Conference →
National Football Conference → hasRegularSeasonGamesAgainst → American Football Conference →
NFC → parallelConferenceFullName → American Football Conference →
AFC Central → partOf → American Football Conference →
AFC East → partOf → American Football Conference →
AFC North → partOf → American Football Conference →
AFC South → partOf → American Football Conference →
AFC West → partOf → American Football Conference →
Super Bowl → participant → American Football Conference →
this entity surface form: "American Football Conference champion"
National Football Conference → siblingConference → American Football Conference →
Denver Broncos–Kansas City Chiefs rivalry → team1League → American Football Conference →
Denver Broncos–Kansas City Chiefs rivalry → team2League → American Football Conference →
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