Has an AFL game ever ended 61-45?
It has. 61-45 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Sydney on June 22, 1901; the latest was Port Adelaide beat Collingwood on September 21, 2020.
That makes 61-45 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 62-45 has happened 6 times and 61-46 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 50 years, between 1914 and 1964.
Every 61-45 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-21 | Port Adelaide over Collingwood | 2020 | |
| 2016-04-29 | North Melbourne over Footscray | 2016 | |
| 1974-04-27 | St Kilda over Geelong | 1974 | |
| 1965-05-22 | Carlton over Richmond | 1965 | |
| 1964-08-15 | St Kilda over Carlton | 1964 | |
| 1914-08-22 | Geelong over St Kilda | 1914 | |
| 1901-06-22 | Melbourne over Sydney | 1901 |