AFC Championship Game

Den Lamar Hunt Trophy for vinneren av AFC Championship-spill

Den AFC Championship spillet er en av de to semifinalene i National Football League (NFL). Vinnerne av divisjonsspillet fra American Football Conference (AFC) konkurrerer mot hverandre. Vinneren vil motta Lamar Hunt Trophy som den nye mesteren i AFC og vil konkurrere i Super Bowl mot vinneren av NFC Championship Game for å bestemme mesteren i NFL.

De nåværende mesterne i AFC er Kansas City Chiefs ( 2020-sesongen ), som slo Buffalo Bills i AFC Championship Game med 38:24.

Fram til 1970 ble AFC Championship Game kalt AFL Championship Game , siden American Football League (AFL), grunnlagt i 1959, og NFL var to uavhengige og konkurrerende amerikanske fotballligaer på den tiden . AFL Championship Game var finalen i AFL. Ved sammenslåingen av AFL og NFL ble to konferanser , AFC og National Football Conference (NFC), hver med 13 lag, stiftet. AFC inneholdt de ti lagene fra tidligere AFL. Tre lag som hadde tilhørt NFL før sammenslåingen byttet til AFC for å danne to like store konferanser. Dette var Pittsburgh Steelers , Baltimore Colts og Cleveland Browns . De resterende 13 lagene i den gamle NFL dannet NFC.

Liste over AFC Championship-spill

Lag markert med fet skrift vant deretter Super Bowl.

årstid vinner Resultat taper Resultat Sted Stadion
1970 Baltimore Colts (1) 27 Oakland Raiders 17. Baltimore , Maryland Memorial Stadium
1971 Miami Dolphins (1) 21 Baltimore Colts 0 Miami , Florida Orange Bowl Stadium
1972 Miami Dolphins (2) 21 Pittsburgh Steelers 17. Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1973 Miami Dolphins (3) 27 Oakland Raiders 10 Miami, Florida Orange Bowl Stadium
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers (1) 24 Oakland Raiders 13 Oakland , California Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (2) 16 Oakland Raiders 10 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1976 Oakland Raiders (1) 24 Pittsburgh Steelers 7. Oakland, California Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
1977 Denver Broncos (1) 20. Oakland Raiders 17. Denver , Colorado Mile High Stadium
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (3) 34 Houston Oilers 5 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (4) 27 Houston Oilers 13 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1980 Oakland Raiders (2) 34 San Diego Chargers 27 San Diego , California San Diego Stadium
1981 Cincinnati Bengals (1) 27 San Diego Chargers 7. Cincinnati , Ohio Riverfront Stadium
1982 Miami Dolphins (4) 14. New York Jets 0 Miami, Florida Orange Bowl Stadium
1983 Los Angeles Raiders (3) 30. Seattle Seahawks 14. Los Angeles , California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1984 Miami Dolphins (5) 45 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 Miami, Florida Orange Bowl Stadium
1985 New England Patriots (1) 31 Miami Dolphins 14. Miami, Florida Orange Bowl Stadium
1986 Denver Broncos (2) 23 Cleveland Browns 20. Cleveland , Ohio Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1987 Denver Broncos (3) 38 Cleveland Browns 33 Denver, Colorado Mile High Stadium
1988 Cincinnati Bengals (2) 21 Buffalo Bills 10 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverfront Stadium
1989 Denver Broncos (4) 37 Cleveland Browns 21 Denver, Colorado Mile High Stadium
1990 Buffalo Bills (1) 51 Los Angeles Raiders 3 Orchard Park , New York Rich Stadium
1991 Buffalo Bills (2) 10 Denver Broncos 7. Orchard Park, New York Rich Stadium
1992 Buffalo Bills (3) 29 Miami Dolphins 10 Miami, Florida Joe Robbie Stadium
1993 Buffalo Bills (4) 30. Kansas City Chiefs 13 Orchard Park, New York Rich Stadium
1994 San Diego Chargers (1) 17. Pittsburgh Steelers 13 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1995 Pittsburgh Steelers (5) 20. Indianapolis Colts 16 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1996 New England Patriots (2) 20. Jacksonville Jaguars Sjette Foxborough , Massachusetts Foxboro Stadium
1997 Denver Broncos (5) 24 Pittsburgh Steelers 21 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Stadium
1998 Denver Broncos (6) 23 New York Jets 10 Denver, Colorado Mile High Stadium
1999 Tennessee Titans (1) 33 Jacksonville Jaguars 14. Jacksonville , Florida Alltel stadion
2000 Baltimore Ravens (1) 16 Oakland Raiders 3 Oakland, California Network Associates Coliseum
2001 New England Patriots (3) 24 Pittsburgh Steelers 17. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Heinz Field
2002 Oakland Raiders (4) 41 Tennessee Titans 24 Oakland, California Network Associates Coliseum
2003 New England Patriots (4) 24 Indianapolis Colts 14. Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2004 New England Patriots (5) 41 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Heinz Field
2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (6) 34 Denver Broncos 17. Denver, Colorado Invesco Field at Mile High
2006 Indianapolis Colts (2) 38 New England Patriots 34 Indianapolis , Indiana RCA-kuppel
2007 New England Patriots (6) 21 San Diego Chargers 12. plass Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2008 Pittsburgh Steelers (7) 23 Baltimore Ravens 14. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Heinz Field
2009 Indianapolis Colts (3) 30. New York Jets 17. Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium
2010 Pittsburgh Steelers (8) 24 New York Jets 19. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Heinz Field
2011 New England Patriots (7) 23 Baltimore Ravens 20. Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2012 Baltimore Ravens (2) 28 New England Patriots 13 Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2013 Denver Broncos (7) 26. plass New England Patriots 16 Denver, Colorado Sports Authority Field på Mile High
2014 New England Patriots (8) 45 Indianapolis Colts 7. Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2015 Denver Broncos (8) 20. New England Patriots 18. Denver, Colorado Sports Authority Field på Mile High
2016 New England Patriots (9) 36 Pittsburgh Steelers 17. Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2017 New England Patriots (10) 24 Jacksonville Jaguars 20. Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette stadion
2018 New England Patriots (11) 37 Kansas City Chiefs 31 Kansas City, Missouri Arrowhead Stadium
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (1) 35 Tennessee Titans 24 Kansas City, Missouri Arrowhead Stadium
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (2) 38 Bufallo Bills 24 Kansas City, Missouri Arrowhead Stadium

AFC Championship Spilldeltakelser 1970-nåtid

plass team G V Nummer % Poeng Siste deltakelse Siste mesterskap
1 New England Patriots 11 4. plass 15. 73.3 407: 297 2018 2018
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 8. plass 8. plass 16 50,0 349: 339 2016 2010
3 Denver Broncos 8. plass 2 10 80,0 235: 200 2015 2015
4. plass Miami Dolphins 5 2 7. 71.4 152: 115 1992 1984
5 Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders 4. plass 7. 11 36.4 202: 253 2002 2002
Sjette Buffalo Bills 4. plass 2 Sjette 75.5 154: 092 2020 1993
7. Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts 3 4. plass 7. 42.9 132: 178 2014 2009
8. plass Baltimore Ravens 2 2 4. plass 50,0 078: 062 2012 2012
9 Kansas City Chiefs 2 2 4. plass 50,0 0117: 0115 2020 2020
10 Cincinnati Bengals 2 0 2 100 048: 017 1988 1988
11 Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans 1 4. plass 5 20.0 099: 151 2019 1999
12. plass San Diego Chargers 1 3 4. plass 25.0 063: 095 2007 1994
13 New York Jets 0 4. plass 4. plass 0 046: 091 2010 ---
14. Cleveland Browns 0 3 3 0 074: 098 1989 ---
15. Jacksonville Jaguars 0 3 3 0 040: 077 2017 ---
16 Seattle Seahawks 0 1 1 0 014: 030 1983 ---
  1. ↑ siste AFL-tittel 1968
  2. ↑ Seattle Seahawks var medlem av AFC fra 1977 til 2002 og har spilt i NFC siden.