Has an AFL game ever ended 61-49?
It has. 61-49 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Richmond beat Collingwood on August 30, 1924; the latest was West Coast beat GWS on August 23, 2020.
That makes 61-49 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 62-49 has happened 6 times and 61-50 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1968 and 2020.
Every 61-49 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-23 | West Coast over GWS | 2020 | |
| 2020-08-02 | Fremantle over Collingwood | 2020 | |
| 1968-05-11 | St Kilda over North Melbourne | 1968 | |
| 1924-08-30 | Richmond over Collingwood | 1924 |