Question: In 1982 the New York Jets defeated the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Raiders to advance to a playoff game in which league ?

 The game is played on the penultimate Sunday in January and determines the champion of the American Football Conference (AFC).  The winner then advances to face the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game in the Super Bowl. The AFC Championship Game (also unofficially referred to as the AFC Title Game) is one of the two semi-final playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the United States. <SEP> The 1982 New York Jets season was the 23rd season for the team and the 13th in the National Football League.  It began with the team trying to improve upon its 10–5–1 record from 1981 and return to the playoffs under head coach Walt Michaels.  The season was marred by an eight-week players' strike, cancelling eight scheduled games (one game was made up at the end of the season), and eliminating divisional play for the season; the top eight teams from each conference advanced to the playoffs.  The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–3 in sixth place in the American Football Conference.  They defeated the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Raiders in the first two rounds of the playoffs to advance to their first AFC Championship Game.  There, they fell to their division rivals, the Miami Dolphins, 14–0. <SEP> The 1987 season Houston Oilers season was the team's 28th overall and the 18th in the National Football League (NFL).  The Oilers came into the season looking to improve on their 5-11 record from 1986, and make the playoffs for the first time since 1980.  The 1987 NFL season was affected by a players strike that took place in week 3 of the season, which cancelled all week 3 games.  As a result, the Oilers cancelled their was-to-be week 3 game against the Los Angeles Raiders.  The Oilers began the season 3-1, their best start to a season since 1980.  After the Oilers lost at home to the Patriots 21-7 in week 5, the Oilers defeated the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals to give them a 5-2 start to the season.  After the Oilers lost to the 49ers on the road, they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road, 23-3, for their first win in Pittsburgh since 1978.  The Oilers would then play 2 disastrous games against the Browns and the Colts, as they allowed 40+ points in each game, losing 40-7 to Cleveland at home and losing 51-27 to the Colts in Indianapolis.  The Oilers would defeat the Chargers the next week, rebounding from those 2 bad losses.  The Oilers would clinch a playoff spot in the seasons final week with a 21-17 win over Cincinnati, thus ending their 6-year playoff drought.  In the playoffs, they defeated the Seattle Seahawks 23-20 in overtime on a Tony Zendejas field goal.  However, the next week, they lost to the Broncos 34-10 in the Divisional Round, ending their season. <SEP> The 1985 New England Patriots season was the 16th season for the team in the National Football League and 26th season overall.  The Patriots had a record of eleven wins and five losses, and finished tied for second in the AFC East Division.  They then became the first team in NFL history ever to advance to the Super Bowl by winning 3 playoff games on the road, defeating the New York Jets 26–14, the Los Angeles Raiders, 27–20, and then they went on to stun the football world and did the impossible as they pulled out a massive and stunning upset over the Miami Dolphins 31–14, in the AFC Championship game.  The Patriots' win in Miami was their first victory in that stadium since 1969.  The win over the Dolphins in the game has gone down as one of the greatest upsets in NFL history, as the Dolphins were heavily favored.