The AFC East is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. It has four members: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots (representing Boston, formerly known as the Boston Patriots through 1970), and New York Jets (formerly nicknamed the Titans through 1962). They are all former members of the American Football League (AFL), three of which are charter members of the AFL (the Dolphins were an AFL expansio...
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The AFC East is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. It has four members: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots (representing Boston, formerly known as the Boston Patriots through 1970), and New York Jets (formerly nicknamed the Titans through 1962). They are all former members of the American Football League (AFL), three of which are charter members of the AFL (the Dolphins were an AFL expansion team in 1966).
The division was formed in 1960 as the AFL's Eastern Division. The Bills, Patriots, and (New York) Titans were joined by the Houston Oilers in the original alignment, with the Dolphins joining in 1966. The division was absorbed nearly intact with the AFL-NFL Merger in 1970, but Houston was moved to the AFC Central (formerly the NFL Century Division, now the AFC North) and replaced by the closer Baltimore Colts (from the NFL Coastal Division, which became the NFC West). Despite relocating to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1984, the...
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