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The AFC West is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference.

The AFC West was formed as a result of the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The new NFL was aligned into six divisions (two conferences of three divisions each). The original AFC West had four members - the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers. All four teams were previously members of the American Football League's Western Division. These four teams have remained in the AFC West since its inception, and are currently the only teams in the division. When the Raiders played in Los Angeles from 1982 to the 1994, they remained in the AFC West.

When the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers began play in 1976, the Buccaneers were put into the AFC West and the Seahawks were put into the NFC West. After one year, Seattle was moved into the AFC West and Tampa Bay was moved into the NFC Central. The Seahawks played in the AFC West until the 2002 re-alignment, when they were put back into the NFC West.

[edit] Division champions

Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
1970	Oakland Raiders	8-4-2	Lost AFC Championship Game
1971	Kansas City Chiefs	10-3-1	AFC Divisional Playoffs]]
1972	Oakland Raiders	10-3-1	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1973	Oakland Raiders	9-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1974	Oakland Raiders	12-2-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1975	Oakland Raiders	11-3-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1976	Oakland Raiders	13-1-0	Won Super Bowl XI
1977	Denver Broncos	12-2-0	Lost Super Bowl XII
1978	Denver Broncos	10-6-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1979	San Diego Chargers	12-4-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1980	San Diego Chargers	11-5-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1981	San Diego Chargers	10-6-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1982*	Los Angeles Raiders	8-1-0	Lost AFC Second Round
1983	Los Angeles Raiders	12-4-0	Won Super Bowl XVIII
1984	Denver Broncos	13-3-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1985	Los Angeles Raiders	12-4-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1986	Denver Broncos	11-5-0	Lost Super Bowl XXI
1987	Denver Broncos	10-4-1	Lost Super Bowl XXII
1988	Seattle Seahawks	9-7-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1989	Denver Broncos	11-5-0	Lost Super Bowl XXIV
1990	Los Angeles Raiders	12-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1991	Denver Broncos	12-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1992	San Diego Chargers	11-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1993	Kansas City Chiefs	11-5-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1994	San Diego Chargers	11-5-0	Lost Super Bowl XXIX
1995	Kansas City Chiefs	13-3-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1996	Denver Broncos	13-3-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1997	Kansas City Chiefs	13-3-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
1998	Denver Broncos	14-2-0	Won Super Bowl XXXIII
1999	Seattle Seahawks	9-7-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
2000	Oakland Raiders	12-4-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
2001	Oakland Raiders	10-6-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
2002	Oakland Raiders	11-5-0	Lost Super Bowl XXXVII
2003	Kansas City Chiefs	13-3-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs
2004	San Diego Chargers	12-4-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
2005	Denver Broncos	13-3-0	Lost AFC Championship Game

[edit] Wild Card qualifiers

Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
1970	None	--	--
1971	None	--	--
1972	None	--	--
1973	None	--	--
1974	None	--	--
1975	None	--	--
1976	None	--	--
1977	Oakland Raiders	11-3-0	Lost AFC Championship Game
1978	None	--	--
1979	Denver Broncos	10-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1980	Oakland Raiders	11-5-0	Won Super Bowl XV
1981	None	--	--
1982*	San Diego Chargers	6-3-0	Lost AFC Second Round
1983	Seattle Seahawks Denver Broncos	9-7-0 9-7-0	Lost AFC Championship Game Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1984	Seattle Seahawks Los Angeles Raiders	12-4-0 11-5-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1985	None	--	--
1986	Kansas City Chiefs	10-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1987	Seattle Seahawks	9-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1988	None	--	--
1989	None	--	--
1990	Kansas City Chiefs	11-5-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1991	Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Raiders	10-6-0 9-7-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1992	Kansas City Chiefs	10-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1993	Los Angeles Raiders Denver Broncos	10-6-0 9-7-0	Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1994	Kansas City Chiefs	9-7-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1995	San Diego Chargers	9-7-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
1996	None	--	--
1997	Denver Broncos	12-4-0	Won Super Bowl XXXII
1998	None	--	--
1999	None	--	--
2000	Denver Broncos	11-5-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
2001	None	--	--
2002	None	--	--
2003	Denver Broncos	10-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
2004	Denver Broncos	10-6-0	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoffs
2005	None	--	--

* 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, the Los Angeles Raiders had the best record of the division teams.

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