Has an AFL game ever ended 61-60?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 61-60 3 times. It first happened on May 2, 1931, when Footscray beat Hawthorn, and most recently on May 11, 2019, when Melbourne beat Gold Coast.
That makes 61-60 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 62-60 has happened 6 times and 61-61 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 79 years, between 1931 and 2010.
Every 61-60 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-11 | Melbourne over Gold Coast | 2019 | |
| 2010-08-14 | Port Adelaide over West Coast | 2010 | |
| 1931-05-02 | Footscray over Hawthorn | 1931 |