Has an AFL game ever ended 53-45?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 53-45 3 times. It first happened on June 22, 1912, when Collingwood beat Melbourne, and most recently on May 7, 1960, when Footscray beat Hawthorn.

Where 53-45 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 53-45 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 54-45 has happened 3 times and 53-46 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 45 years, between 1915 and 1960.

Every 53-45 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1960-05-07	Footscray over Hawthorn	1960
1915-08-07	Geelong over Essendon	1915
1912-06-22	Collingwood over Melbourne	1912

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