Updated Historic AFC East Championship Count

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

My favorite annual thread.

Division Titles

1. New England Patriots (18)
2. Miami Dolphins (13)
3. Buffalo Bills (10)
4. Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts (6)*
5. Houston Oilers (4)**
6. New York Jets (4)***

*The Colts left the AFC East in 2002.
**The Oilers left the AFC East in 1970.
***The Jets have been a member of the AFC East since 1960.

The Jets lose the tiebreaker to the Oilers since they have failed to pass them despite playing in the division for an additional 45 seasons.

 

[Joker]

 

[scott99]

Best post ever, literally made me laugh out loud. I met this bozo a couple years ago, my Mom is a huge Jet's fan so I took her to a game. Met him when we were leaving.

 

[JJDChE]

Wow, 4 division titles in 55 years. That is absolutely awful.

 

[slam]

Wow, 4 division titles in 55 years. That is absolutely awful.

There have been six Popes and four Supreme Court Chief Justices in that time period.

 

[Joey007]

I am laughing so hard at the fact that the Oilers have been out of the division for 45 years and the Jets STILL have as many division titles as them.

 

[Joey007]

Honestly I never knew the Oilers were in the AFC East though!

 

[Urgent]

Statistically, any of the remaining teams should have won the AFC East 11.6 times since 1960.

The odds of never winning are 0.000228%.
Someone more statistically inclined can calculate the odds of winning four or fewer, or 18. Winning four is much more statistically unlikely than winning 18.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Statistically, any of the remaining teams should have won the AFC East 11.6 times since 1960.

The odds of never winning are 0.000228%.
Someone more statistically inclined can calculate the odds of winning four or fewer, or 18. Winning four is much more statistically unlikely than winning 18.

Assuming they have a 1/5 chance up to 2002 and a 1/4 chance thereafter:

Odds of winning 4 or less: 0.14% (1 in 1000)
Odds of winning 18 or more: 8.17% (82 in 1000)

 

[ivanvamp]

There have been six Popes and four Supreme Court Chief Justices in that time period.

And 11 Presidents: Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama.

On a larger note, here's where the Patriots stand in history:

Super Bowl Championships: 4 (t3rd)
Conference Championships: 8 (t1st)
Division Championships: 18 (1st)

 

[Nehalem]

Super Bowl Championships: 4 (t3rd)

So the Patriots have as many Super Bowl Championships as the Jets have division titles

 

[ivanvamp]

So the Patriots have as many Super Bowl Championships as the Jets have division titles

Ha. More impressively, the Patriots have as Super Bowl titles in the past 15 years as the Jets have division titles in 55 years.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Honestly I never knew the Oilers were in the AFC East though!

Without checking Wikipedia or anything, my guess is that from 1960-69 you had the AFL East and West. Given that, it'd make sense for Houston to be in the East. Houston was never in the AFC East after the merger.

 

[FourierSeries]

Report: Indianapolis Colts to raise "Lost to AFC East Champs in 2015" banner.

 

[Fixit]

This is amazing.

 

[slam]

I'm trying to put this in the form of those "Amazing Factoids" lists you see on Facebook, like "Cleopatra is closer to the modern day than the building of the Great Pyramids". Here's what I came up with:

The Jets' Super Bowl victory is closer to the Silent Film era than it is the modern day.

I think it could be better though.

 

[ivanvamp]

I'm trying to put this in the form of those "Amazing Factoids" lists you see on Facebook, like "Cleopatra is closer to the modern day than the building of the Great Pyramids". Here's what I came up with:

The Jets' Super Bowl victory is closer to the Silent Film era than it is the modern day.

I think it could be better though.

Here's one.

The Jets' last SB victory was 1970.
It is now 2015 - 45 years later.
45 years before 1970 was 1925.
That is 4 years before the start of the Great Depression.

The Jets' lone Super Bowl championship was closer in time to the start of the Great Depression (41 years) than it is to today (45 years).

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Ha. More impressively, the Patriots have as Super Bowl titles in the past 15 years as the Jets have division titles in 55 years.

All that matters now is that the Pats beat them next week.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Here's one.

The Jets' last SB victory was 1970.
It is now 2015 - 45 years later.
45 years before 1970 was 1925.
That is 4 years before the start of the Great Depression.

The Jets' lone Super Bowl championship was closer in time to the start of the Great Depression (41 years) than it is to today (45 years).

1969. The Jets last won the SB in 1969 (1968 Season).

 

[QuantumMechanic]

@Haterproof :

The Oilers were in the AFL East until the merger and then the AFC Central.

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).

AFC East - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also, here were the 1969 AFL standings. Oilers in the AFL East:
1969 AFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com

And here were the 1970 standings. Oilers in the AFC Central:
1970 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com