Has an AFL game ever ended 101-98?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 101-98 8 times. It first happened on May 29, 1937, when Sydney beat Hawthorn, and most recently on September 17, 2011, when West Coast beat Carlton.
That makes 101-98 the 107th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 102-98 has happened 3 times and 101-99 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 27 years, between 1950 and 1977.
Every 101-98 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-17 | West Coast over Carlton | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2006-06-03 | West Coast over Geelong | 2006 | |
| 2001-06-23 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 2001 | |
| 1993-04-10 | Footscray over Fitzroy | 1993 | |
| 1977-07-23 | North Melbourne over Richmond | 1977 | |
| 1950-08-12 | Melbourne over Footscray | 1950 | |
| 1949-07-09 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1949 | |
| 1937-05-29 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 1937 |