Has an AFL game ever ended 78-42?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 78-42 4 times. It first happened on June 6, 1910, when Geelong beat Sydney, and most recently on September 5, 2020, when Port Adelaide beat North Melbourne.
That makes 78-42 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-42 has happened never and 78-43 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 101 years, between 1919 and 2020.
Every 78-42 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-05 | Port Adelaide over North Melbourne | 2020 | |
| 1919-06-14 | Fitzroy over Melbourne | 1919 | |
| 1915-06-26 | Collingwood over Essendon | 1915 | |
| 1910-06-06 | Geelong over Sydney | 1910 |