AFC

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American football conference sports league subdivision

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

Aliases (2)

American Football Conference ×2
AFC East ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football conference → sports league subdivision →
abbreviationFor	American Football Conference →
championQualifiesFor	Super Bowl →
competesFor	Super Bowl berth →
conferenceChampionshipGame	AFC Championship Game →
conferenceColor	red →
country	United States →
determinesParticipantIn	Super Bowl →
formationYear	1970 →
foundedAsPartOf	NFL–AFL merger →
fullName	American Football Conference →
gender	male →
governingBody	National Football League →
hasDivision	AFC East → AFC North → AFC South → AFC West →
hasPlayoffStructure	AFC playoffs →
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 →
league	NFL →
level	professional →
numberOfDivisions	4 →
numberOfTeams	16 →
originatedFrom	American Football League →
parallelConference	NFC →
partOf	National Football League →
region	North America →
seasonFormat	regular season and playoffs →
sport	American football →
typeOfCompetition	team sport →
usesRuleSet	NFL rules →

Referenced by (50)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AFC East → AFC North → AFC South → AFC West → Arrowhead → Baltimore Ravens vs Cleveland Browns → Buffalo Bills–Miami Dolphins rivalry → Cincinnati Bengals → Colts–Titans rivalry → Deion Branch → Denver Broncos → Denver Broncos–Kansas City Chiefs rivalry → Indianapolis Colts → Jaguars–Titans rivalry → Julian Edelman → Justin Herbert → Kansas City Chiefs → Kansas City Chiefs–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry → Las Vegas Raiders → Las Vegas Raiders–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry → Los Angeles Chargers → Miami Dolphins → New England Patriots → New England Patriots–New York Jets rivalry → New York Jets → Pittsburgh Steelers → Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens → Super Bowl VII → Tennessee Titans → Texans–Colts rivalry → Texans–Titans rivalry →	conference
American Football Conference →	abbreviation
AFC ("American Football Conference") →	abbreviationFor
Super Bowl XLVII →	BaltimoreConference
Sean McDermott →	coachesInLeague
Super Bowl XXVI →	conferenceChampion
NFL playoffs →	conferences
New England Patriots ("AFC East") →	division
AFC ("American Football Conference") →	fullName
Super Bowl LV →	hasLosingConference
Super Bowl XLVIII →	hostConference
Super Bowl XLV →	losingConference
NFC →	parallelConference
Andre Reed →	playedInConference
NFL Eastern Conference →	realignedInto
American Football Conference →	shortName
Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry →	team1Conference
Miami Dolphins–New York Jets rivalry →	team2Conference
Mike McDaniel →	teamConference
Super Bowl XXXV →	winningConference