AFC North

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The AFC North refers to the Northern Division of the American Football Conference of the National Football League that was created in the Division Realignment of 2002. It replaced the AFC Central division. It's current members are: Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and Cincinnati Bengals.

[edit] Division champions

Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
AFC Central
1970	Cincinnati Bengals	8-6-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1971	Cleveland Browns	9-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1972	Pittsburgh Steelers	11-3-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1973	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-4-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1974	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-3-1	Won Super Bowl IX
1975	Pittsburgh Steelers	12-2-0	Won Super Bowl X
1976	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1977	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1978	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-2-0	Won Super Bowl XIII
1979	Pittsburgh Steelers	12-4-0	Won Super Bowl XIV
1980	Cleveland Browns	11-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1981	Cincinnati Bengals	12-4-0	Lost Super Bowl XVI
1982+	Cincinnati Bengals	7-2-0	Lost AFC First Round
1983	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-6-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1984	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-7-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1985	Cleveland Browns	8-8-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1986	Cleveland Browns	12-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1987	Cleveland Browns	10-5-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1988	Cincinnati Bengals	10-6-0	Lost Super Bowl XXIII
1989	Cleveland Browns	9-6-1	Lost AFC Championship Game
1990	Houston Oilers	9-7-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1991	Houston Oilers	11-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1992	Pittsburgh Steelers	11-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1993	Houston Oilers	12-4-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1994	Pittsburgh Steelers	12-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1995	Pittsburgh Steelers	11-5-0	Lost Super Bowl XXX
1996	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-6-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1997	Pittsburgh Steelers	11-5-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1998	Jacksonville Jaguars	11-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1999	Jacksonville Jaguars	14-2-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
2000	Tennessee Titans	13-3-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
2001	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-3-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
AFC North
2002	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-5-1	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
2003	Baltimore Ravens	10-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	15-1-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
2005	Cincinnati Bengals	11-5-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs

• A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, Cincinnati had the best record of the division teams.

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