Has an AFL game ever ended 49-47?
It has. 49-47 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Footscray on May 22, 1926; the latest was Footscray beat West Coast on September 6, 2020.
That makes 49-47 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 50-47 has happened 5 times and 49-48 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 55 years, between 1965 and 2020.
Every 49-47 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-06 | Footscray over West Coast | 2020 | |
| 1965-05-22 | Melbourne over Collingwood | 1965 | |
| 1956-07-28 | Essendon over St Kilda | 1956 | |
| 1926-05-22 | Essendon over Footscray | 1926 |