American Football Conference Champions

By The Associated Press
January 25, 2026 | 6:10 PM

2025_New England 10, Denver 7

2024_Kansas City 32, Buffalo 29

2023_Kansas City 17, Baltimore 10

2022_Kansas City 23, Cincinnati 20

2021_Cincinnati 27, Kansas City 24, OT

2020_Kansas City 38, Buffalo 24

2019_Kansas City 35, Tennessee 24

2018_New England 37, Kansas City 31, OT

2017_New England 24, Jacksonville 20

2016_New England 36, Pittsburgh 17

2015_Denver 20, New England 18

2014_New England 45, Indianapolis 7

2013_Denver 26, New England 16

2012_Baltimore 28, New England 13

2011_New England 23, Baltimore 20

2010_Pittsburgh 24, N.Y. Jets 19

2009_Indianapolis 30, New York 17

2008_Pittsburgh 23, Baltimore 14

2007_New England 21, San Diego 12

2006_Indianapolis 38, New England 34

2005_Pittsburgh 34, Denver 17

2004_New England 41, Pittsburgh 27

2003_New England 24, Indianapolis 14

2002_Oakland 41, Tennessee 24

2001_New England 24, Pittsburgh 17

2000_Baltimore 16, Oakland 3

1999_Tennessee 33, Jacksonville 14

1998_Denver 23, New York 10

1997_Denver 24, Pittsburgh 21

1996_New England 20, Jacksonville 6

1995_Pittsburgh 20, Indianapolis 16

1994_San Diego 17, Pittsburgh 13

1993_Buffalo 30, Kansas City 13

1992_Buffalo 29, Miami 10

1991_Buffalo 10, Denver 7

1990_Buffalo 51, L.A. Raiders 3

1989_Denver 37, Cleveland 21

1988_Cincinnati 21, Buffalo 10

1987_Denver 38, Cleveland 33

1986_Denver 23, Cleveland 20, OT

1985_New England 31, Miami 14

1984_Miami 45, Pittsburgh 28

1983_L.A. Raiders 30, Seattle 14

1982_Miami 14, New York 0

1981_Cincinnati 27, San Diego 7

1980_Oakland 34, San Diego 27

1979_Pittsburgh 27, Houston 13

1978_Pittsburgh 34, Houston 5

1977_Denver 20, Oakland 17

1976_Oakland 24, Pittsburgh 7

1975_Pittsburgh 16, Oakland 10

1974_Pittsburgh 24, Oakland 13

1973_Miami 27, Oakland 10

1972_Miami 21, Pittsburgh 17

1971_Miami 21, Baltimore 0

1970_Baltimore 27, Oakland 17

1969_Kansas City 17, Oakland 7

1968_New York 27, Oakland 23

1967_Oakland 40, Houston 7

1966_Kansas City 31, Buffalo 7

1965_Buffalo 23, San Diego 0

1964_Buffalo 20, San Diego 7

1963_San Diego 51, Boston 10

1962_Dallas 20, Houston 17, OT

1961_Houston 10, San Diego 3

1960_Houston 24, L.A. Chargers 16

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NOTE: List includes AFL Championship Games from 1960 to 1969.

NYPD says dozens rescued from human trafficking during World Cup

By WTOP Staff
July 23, 2026 | 2:09 PM

▶ Watch Video: Inside look at security preparations for World Cup Forty-three people, including seven minors, were rescued from human traffickers during the World Cup matches in the New York City area, according to the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit.The rescue operations were carried out between June 11 and July 19 by specialized NYPD detectives who arrested 89 individuals."The surprise was really the outpouring of support behind the mission and the collaboration with all our partners," said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit.Those rescued, largely the victims of sex trafficking, are now being supported with an array of social services for the victims, including food, housing and counseling.The 87 operations carried out during the World Cup have generated new leads, officials said, and law enforcement agencies are building more cases based on the investigations already underway."We have ongoing investigations now as a result of these operations," an NYPD official told CBS News.Major sporting events are known to law enforcement as hotbeds of human trafficking.Years in advance, the NYPD devoted significant resources to preparing for the World Cup. Eight matches were played at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, including the final on Sunday."When we talk about the outreach and the prep we do, a large part of that involved visiting the known sex offenders, particularly the known human traffickers, in our registry," Marcus said. "Whether they're on parole or probation for human trafficking, we visited them to make sure they're compliant with the terms of their release, and secondly, to let them know that the NYPD is watching."The matches were held in multiple cities around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Preparations to secure those games and prepare for crimes like human trafficking were coordinated between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Police departments in many locations that hosted World Cup matches have made arrests and rescues connected to human trafficking, including in Georgia, New England and Missouri. Nationally, there were more than 673 arrests on human-trafficking charges made during the World Cup, and 61 adults and 13 minors rescued, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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