AFC East

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NFL division sports division

The AFC East is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference featuring teams based in the northeastern United States.

Aliases (1)

AFC East (for some former member clubs) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NFL division → sports division →
championshipType	division title →
competitionType	postseason qualification → regular season →
conference	AFC →
conferenceAbbreviation	AFC →
country	United States →
divisionAbbreviation	AFC East →
divisionOf	AFC →
formerTeam	Baltimore Colts → Houston Oilers → Indianapolis Colts → Tennessee Oilers → Tennessee Titans →
founded	1970 →
gender	male →
governingBody	National Football League →
hasHomeStadium	Gillette Stadium → Hard Rock Stadium → Highmark Stadium → MetLife Stadium →
hasRivalry	Buffalo Bills–Miami Dolphins rivalry → Buffalo Bills–New England Patriots rivalry → Buffalo Bills–New York Jets rivalry → Miami Dolphins–New England Patriots rivalry → Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry → New England Patriots–New York Jets rivalry →
hasStandings	AFC East standings →
hasTeam	Buffalo Bills → Miami Dolphins → New England Patriots → New York Jets →
level	professional →
mediaMarket	Boston → Buffalo → Miami–Fort Lauderdale → New York City →
notableTeamDominance	New England Patriots 2001–2019 →
origin	NFL–AFL merger →
partOf	American Football Conference → National Football League →
playoffQualification	division champion earns automatic playoff berth →
region	Northeastern United States →
seasonStructure	each team plays division opponents twice per regular season →
sport	American football →
teamCount	4 →
usesSchedulingFormula	NFL divisional rotation →
usesTiebreakers	NFL tiebreaking procedures →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Buffalo Bills → Buffalo Bills–Miami Dolphins rivalry → Buffalo Bills–New England Patriots rivalry → Buffalo Bills–New York Jets rivalry → Deion Branch → Julian Edelman → Miami Dolphins → Miami Dolphins–New England Patriots rivalry → Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry → New England Patriots–New York Jets rivalry → New York Jets → Pat Patriot → Rex Ryan era →	division
AFC → American Football Conference →	hasDivision
Sean McDermott →	coachesDivision
AFC East →	divisionAbbreviation
Super Bowl VII →	DolphinsDivision
Indianapolis Colts →	formerDivision
NFL Eastern Conference ("AFC East (for some former member clubs)") →	replacedBy
East Division (AFL) →	successorCompetition
Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry →	team1Division
Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry →	team2Division
Mike McDaniel →	teamDivision