Has an AFL game ever ended 78-47?
It has. 78-47 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Essendon on August 24, 1907; the latest was Collingwood beat Hawthorn on June 28, 1969.
That makes 78-47 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-47 has happened 1 times and 78-48 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1926 and 1956.
Every 78-47 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-06-28 | Collingwood over Hawthorn | 1969 | |
| 1956-07-21 | Essendon over North Melbourne | 1956 | |
| 1926-05-08 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1926 | |
| 1907-08-24 | Carlton over Essendon | 1907 |