Has an AFL game ever ended 53-48?
It has. 53-48 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Collingwood on June 4, 1904; the latest was St Kilda beat Essendon on June 28, 1980.
That makes 53-48 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 54-48 has happened 2 times and 53-49 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 46 years, between 1934 and 1980.
Every 53-48 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-06-28 | St Kilda over Essendon | 1980 | |
| 1934-07-14 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 1934 | |
| 1904-06-04 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1904 |