Before the 2002 season, the Texans did not exist, the Colts belonged to the AFC East, and the Titans and Jaguars were members of the AFC Central. The AFC South is often regarded as the NFL's "newest" division since at the time of its establishment none of the new division's members had played more than eighteen seasons in their current cities. The Colts had played in Baltimore until the end of the 1983 season, the Jaguars commenced play in 1995 and the Titans had been based in Houston (where they were known as the Oilers) until 1996. However, Indianapolis, Tennessee and Jacksonville had all won multiple division titles and wild card berths in their prior respective divisions.
The Colts hold a 534–474–7 record and a 23–25 playoff record with two NFL league crowns, four Super Bowl appearances and two wins. The Titans hold a record of 451–475–6 with a playoff record of 17–21 including two AFL championships (as the Houston Oilers) and a loss in Super Bowl XXXIV. The Jaguars hold a 177–239 record and a 7–7 playoff record. The Texans made the playoffs for the first time in their ten-season existence in 2011 and hold a 135–169 record and a 4–6 playoff record.
The Colts' Super Bowl XLI victory in 2006 is the only Super Bowl win from the AFC South to date, although the Colts have won another Super Bowl while playing in a different division (and a different city). The division owns the longest active Super Bowl victory drought, since at least one team from each of the other seven divisions has won one of the eighteen subsequenct Super Bowls — in fact seven divisions won seven Super Bowls between 2009 and 2015 — although the Colts did participate in 2009’s Super Bowl XLIV.
When the NFL realigned for the 2002 schedule, the newly created AFC South was formed from two former AFC Central teams, an AFC East team, and an expansion team. Its inaugural season was won by the Tennessee Titans who went on to play in the AFC Championship game. For the next five years, the Indianapolis Colts won the division including their victory in Super Bowl XLI. In 2007, the AFC South had the best division record of all time based on the combined 42–22 (.656 winning percentage). The record was previously held by the 1975 AFC Central's .643 winning percentage.[1] In 2008, the Tennessee Titans won the division, ending Indianapolis' five-year streak of division titles. However, in 2009, the Colts would storm back to win their 6th division championship in Week 12 of the season with a win over the Houston Texans and a loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars to the San Francisco 49ers.
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In 2010, the Indianapolis Colts again won their division by winning their final four games, including a victory over the Jaguars that tied the records of the two teams. The Colts controlled their own destiny, with the Jacksonville Jaguars losing its last three games of the season. In 2011, the Houston Texans won their first AFC South title, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. In Week 14, Houston had to beat Cincinnati and New Orleans had to beat the Tennessee Titans to secure the playoffs for Houston. Houston won 20–19 and New Orleans won 22–17 against the Titans, giving Houston its first ever playoff spot. The Texans had won their first Playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals 31–10 but then lost to the Baltimore Ravens 20–13 in the Divisional game. The Texans repeated as AFC South champions in 2012 as well after beating Indianapolis 29–17 in Week 15 that season. In the playoffs, the Texans beat the Bengals once again, 19–13, but lost to the New England Patriots 41–28 during the Divisional Weekend. The Colts would retake the AFC South division crown in 2013. Indianapolis swept all three of its divisional opponents during the 2013 campaign to reclaim its first division title since 2010. Again in 2014, the Colts claimed the division title by defeating the Texans in a week 15 matchup, 17–10. The Texans took over as AFC South champions in 2015 following their 30–6 win over Jacksonville in week 16. Houston repeated as division champions in 2016; despite finishing with matching 9–7 records along with Tennessee, the Texans earned the AFC South's automatic berth into the NFL playoffs based on finishing better against the division (5–1) than the Titans (2–4). In 2017, the Jaguars won their first AFC South title after a Titans loss to the Rams in Week 16. In the previous week, the Jaguars had clinched their first playoff berth since 2007, with a win against the Texans. The Texans reclaimed the division crown with an 11–5 record in 2018, though the Colts also made the playoffs as a wild card and defeated the Texans in Houston in the first round by a score of 21–7. In 2019, the Texans won their sixth division title with a 10–6 record, and the Titans reached the Wildcard with 9–7. The Texans would win in the Wildcard vs. the Buffalo Bills and make it to the divisional round, losing 51–31 to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Titans, however, would make it to the AFC Championship, also losing 35–24 to the Chiefs.
Division lineupsedit
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Total playoff berths as members of the AFC Southedit
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The American Football Conference Southern Division or AFC South is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference AFC in the National Football League NFL It was created before the 2002 season when the league realigned divisions after expanding to 32 teams Since its creation the division has had the same four members the Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans AFC SouthConferenceAmerican Football ConferenceLeagueNational Football LeagueSportAmerican footballFounded2002No of teams4Most recentchampion s Houston Texans 7th title Most titlesIndianapolis Colts 9 titles 800km500milesTitansTexans Jaguars Colts AFC South Teams Location Before the 2002 season the Texans did not exist the Colts belonged to the AFC East and the Titans and Jaguars were members of the AFC Central The AFC South is often regarded as the NFL s newest division since at the time of its establishment none of the new division s members had played more than eighteen seasons in their current cities The Colts had played in Baltimore until the end of the 1983 season the Jaguars commenced play in 1995 and the Titans had been based in Houston where they were known as the Oilers until 1996 However Indianapolis Tennessee and Jacksonville had all won multiple division titles and wild card berths in their prior respective divisions The Colts hold a 534 474 7 record and a 23 25 playoff record with two NFL league crowns four Super Bowl appearances and two wins The Titans hold a record of 451 475 6 with a playoff record of 17 21 including two AFL championships as the Houston Oilers and a loss in Super Bowl XXXIV The Jaguars hold a 177 239 record and a 7 7 playoff record The Texans made the playoffs for the first time in their ten season existence in 2011 and hold a 135 169 record and a 4 6 playoff record The Colts Super Bowl XLI victory in 2006 is the only Super Bowl win from the AFC South to date although the Colts have won another Super Bowl while playing in a different division and a different city The division owns the longest active Super Bowl victory drought since at least one team from each of the other seven divisions has won one of the eighteen subsequenct Super Bowls in fact seven divisions won seven Super Bowls between 2009 and 2015 although the Colts did participate in 2009 s Super Bowl XLIV Contents 1 History 1 1 2000s 1 2 2010s 2 Division lineups 3 Division champions 4 Wild Card qualifiers 5 Team playoff berths 5 1 Total playoff berths as members of the AFC South 5 2 Total playoff berths in team history 6 Season results 7 ReferencesHistory editFurther information AFC North 2000s edit When the NFL realigned for the 2002 schedule the newly created AFC South was formed from two former AFC Central teams an AFC East team and an expansion team Its inaugural season was won by the Tennessee Titans who went on to play in the AFC Championship game For the next five years the Indianapolis Colts won the division including their victory in Super Bowl XLI In 2007 the AFC South had the best division record of all time based on the combined 42 22 656 winning percentage The record was previously held by the 1975 AFC Central s 643 winning percentage 1 In 2008 the Tennessee Titans won the division ending Indianapolis five year streak of division titles However in 2009 the Colts would storm back to win their 6th division championship in Week 12 of the season with a win over the Houston Texans and a loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars to the San Francisco 49ers 2010s edit In 2010 the Indianapolis Colts again won their division by winning their final four games including a victory over the Jaguars that tied the records of the two teams The Colts controlled their own destiny with the Jacksonville Jaguars losing its last three games of the season In 2011 the Houston Texans won their first AFC South title qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history In Week 14 Houston had to beat Cincinnati and New Orleans had to beat the Tennessee Titans to secure the playoffs for Houston Houston won 20 19 and New Orleans won 22 17 against the Titans giving Houston its first ever playoff spot The Texans had won their first Playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals 31 10 but then lost to the Baltimore Ravens 20 13 in the Divisional game The Texans repeated as AFC South champions in 2012 as well after beating Indianapolis 29 17 in Week 15 that season In the playoffs the Texans beat the Bengals once again 19 13 but lost to the New England Patriots 41 28 during the Divisional Weekend The Colts would retake the AFC South division crown in 2013 Indianapolis swept all three of its divisional opponents during the 2013 campaign to reclaim its first division title since 2010 Again in 2014 the Colts claimed the division title by defeating the Texans in a week 15 matchup 17 10 The Texans took over as AFC South champions in 2015 following their 30 6 win over Jacksonville in week 16 Houston repeated as division champions in 2016 despite finishing with matching 9 7 records along with Tennessee the Texans earned the AFC South s automatic berth into the NFL playoffs based on finishing better against the division 5 1 than the Titans 2 4 In 2017 the Jaguars won their first AFC South title after a Titans loss to the Rams in Week 16 In the previous week the Jaguars had clinched their first playoff berth since 2007 with a win against the Texans The Texans reclaimed the division crown with an 11 5 record in 2018 though the Colts also made the playoffs as a wild card and defeated the Texans in Houston in the first round by a score of 21 7 In 2019 the Texans won their sixth division title with a 10 6 record and the Titans reached the Wildcard with 9 7 The Texans would win in the Wildcard vs the Buffalo Bills and make it to the divisional round losing 51 31 to the Kansas City Chiefs The Titans however would make it to the AFC Championship also losing 35 24 to the Chiefs Division lineups editPlace cursor over year for division champ or Super Bowl team AFC South Division Years 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans Division Won Super Bowl Division Won AFC ChampionshipDivision champions editSeason Team Record Playoff results 2002 Tennessee Titans 1 11 5 Won Divisional playoffs Steelers 34 31 OT Lost AFC Championship at Raiders 24 41 2003 Indianapolis Colts 1 12 4 Won Wild Card playoffs Broncos 41 10WonDivisional playoffs at Chiefs 38 31Lost AFC Championship at Patriots 14 24 2004 Indianapolis Colts 2 12 4 Won Wild Card playoffs Broncos 49 24Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 3 20 2005 Indianapolis Colts 3 14 2 Lost Divisional playoffs Steelers 18 21 2006 Indianapolis Colts 4 12 4 Won Wild Card playoffs Chiefs 23 8Won Divisional playoffs at Ravens 15 6Won AFC Championship Patriots 38 34Won Super Bowl XLI vs Bears 29 17 2007 Indianapolis Colts 5 13 3 Lost Divisional playoffs Chargers 24 28 2008 Tennessee Titans 2 13 3 Lost Divisional playoffs Ravens 10 13 2009 Indianapolis Colts 6 14 2 Won Divisional playoffs Ravens 20 3Won AFC Championship Jets 30 17Lost Super Bowl XLIV vs Saints 17 31 2010 Indianapolis Colts 7 10 6 Lost Wild Card playoffs Jets 16 17 2011 Houston Texans 1 10 6 Won Wild Card playoffs Bengals 31 10Lost Divisional playoffs at Ravens 13 20 2012 Houston Texans 2 12 4 Won Wild Card playoffs Bengals 19 13Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 28 41 2013 Indianapolis Colts 8 11 5 Won Wild Card playoffs Chiefs 45 44Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 22 43 2014 Indianapolis Colts 9 11 5 Won Wild Card playoffs Bengals 26 10Won Divisional playoffs at Broncos 24 13Lost AFC Championship at Patriots 7 45 2015 Houston Texans 3 9 7 Lost Wild Card playoffs Chiefs 0 30 2016 Houston Texans 4 9 7 Won Wild Card playoffs Raiders 27 14Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 16 34 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars 1 10 6 Won Wild Card playoffs Bills 10 3Won Divisional playoffs at Steelers 45 42Lost AFC Championship at Patriots 20 24 2018 Houston Texans 5 11 5 Lost Wild Card playoffs Colts 7 21 2019 Houston Texans 6 10 6 Won Wild Card playoffs Bills 22 19 OT Lost Divisional playoffs at Chiefs 31 51 2020 Tennessee Titans 3 11 5 Lost Wild Card playoffs Ravens 13 20 2021 Tennessee Titans 4 12 5 Lost Divisional playoffs Bengals 16 19 2022 Jacksonville Jaguars 2 9 8 Won Wild Card playoffs Chargers 31 30 Lost Divisional playoffs at Chiefs 20 27 2023 Houston Texans 7 10 7 Won Wild Card playoffs Browns 45 14 Lost Divisional playoffs at Ravens 10 34Wild Card qualifiers editSeason Team Record Playoff results 2002 Indianapolis Colts 10 6 Lost Wild Card playoffs at Jets 0 41 2003 Tennessee Titans 12 4 Won Wild Card playoffs at Ravens 20 17Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 14 17 2005 Jacksonville Jaguars 12 4 Lost Wild Card playoffs at Patriots 3 28 2007 Jacksonville Jaguars 11 5 Won Wild Card playoffs at Steelers 31 29Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 20 31 Tennessee Titans 10 6 Lost Wild Card playoffs at Chargers 6 17 2008 Indianapolis Colts 12 4 Lost Wild Card playoffs at Chargers 17 23 OT 2012 Indianapolis Colts 11 5 Lost Wild Card playoffs at Ravens 9 24 2017 Tennessee Titans 9 7 Won Wild Card playoffs at Chiefs 22 21Lost Divisional playoffs at Patriots 14 35 2018 Indianapolis Colts 10 6 Won Wild Card playoffs at Texans 21 7Lost Divisional playoffs at Chiefs 13 31 2019 Tennessee Titans 9 7 Won Wild Card playoffs at Patriots 20 13 Won Divisional playoffs at Ravens 28 12 Lost AFC Championship at Chiefs 24 35 2020 Indianapolis Colts 11 5 Lost Wild Card playoffs at Bills 24 27Team playoff berths editStats updated through the 2021 Season Total playoff berths as members of the AFC South edit In the sortable table below teams can be ordered by name number of division wins playoff berths or titles To change click button to right of heading Team Division Titles Playoff Berths AFCChampionship GameAppearances AFCChampionships Super Bowl Championships Indianapolis Colts 9 14 4 2 1 Houston Texans 7 7 0 0 0 Tennessee Titans 4 8 2 0 0 Jacksonville Jaguars 2 4 1 0 0 Total playoff berths in team history edit In the sortable table below teams can be ordered by name number of division wins playoff berths or titles To change click button to right of heading Team Division Titles Playoff Berths ConferenceChampionships NFL AFL1Titles Super Bowl Championships Indianapolis Colts 16 29 7 3 2 Tennessee Titans 11 25 1 2 0 Houston Texans 7 7 0 0 0 Jacksonville Jaguars 4 8 0 0 0 1 Colts won NFL Titles as the Baltimore Colts Titans won AFL Titles as the Houston Oilers Season results edit Denotes team that won the Super Bowl Denotes team that won the AFC Championship Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs Season Team record 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 2002 The AFC South was formed with three inaugural members and one expansion member The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans joined from the AFC Central now the AFC North the Indianapolis Colts joined from the AFC East and the Houston Texans joined as an expansion team 2002 2 Tennessee 11 5 5 Indianapolis 10 6 Jacksonville 6 10 Houston 4 12 2003 3 Indianapolis 12 4 5 Tennessee 12 4 Jacksonville 5 11 Houston 5 11 2004 3 Indianapolis 12 4 Jacksonville 9 7 Houston 7 9 Tennessee 5 11 2005 1 Indianapolis 14 2 5 Jacksonville 12 4 Tennessee 4 12 Houston 2 14 2006 3 Indianapolis 12 4 Tennessee 8 8 Jacksonville 8 8 Houston 6 10 2007 2 Indianapolis 13 3 5 Jacksonville 11 5 6 Tennessee 10 6 Houston 8 8 2008 1 Tennessee 13 3 5 Indianapolis 12 4 Houston 8 8 Jacksonville 5 11 2009 1 Indianapolis 14 2 Houston 9 7 Tennessee 8 8 Jacksonville 7 9 2010 3 Indianapolis 10 6 Jacksonville 8 8 Houston 6 10 Tennessee 6 10 2011 3 Houston 10 6 Tennessee 9 7 Jacksonville 5 11 Indianapolis 2 14 2012 3 Houston 12 4 5 Indianapolis 11 5 Tennessee 6 10 Jacksonville 2 14 2013 4 Indianapolis 11 5 Tennessee 7 9 Jacksonville 4 12 Houston 2 14 2014 4 Indianapolis 11 5 Houston 9 7 Jacksonville 3 13 Tennessee 2 14 2015 4 Houston 9 7 Indianapolis 8 8 Jacksonville 5 11 Tennessee 3 13 2016 4 Houston 9 7 Tennessee 9 7 Indianapolis 8 8 Jacksonville 3 13 2017 3 Jacksonville 10 6 5 Tennessee 9 7 Indianapolis 4 12 Houston 4 12 2018 3 Houston 11 5 6 Indianapolis 10 6 Tennessee 9 7 Jacksonville 5 11 2019 4 Houston 10 6 6 Tennessee 9 7 Indianapolis 7 9 Jacksonville 6 10 2020 4 Tennessee 11 5 7 Indianapolis 11 5 Houston 4 12 Jacksonville 1 15 2021 1 Tennessee 12 5 Indianapolis 9 8 Houston 4 13 Jacksonville 3 14 2022 4 Jacksonville 9 8 Tennessee 7 10 Indianapolis 4 12 1 Houston 3 13 1 2023 4 Houston 10 7 Jacksonville 9 8 Indianapolis 9 8 Tennessee 6 11 References edit Cold Hard Football Facts com Archived from the original on December 27 2007 Retrieved December 31 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AFC South amp oldid 1218027184, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
