Has an AFL game ever ended 78-49?

It has. 78-49 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Essendon beat Fitzroy on July 3, 1926; the latest was Richmond beat Hawthorn on March 28, 2021.

Where 78-49 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 78-49 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-49 has happened 2 times and 78-50 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 51 years, between 1970 and 2021.

Every 78-49 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2021-03-28	Richmond over Hawthorn	2021
1970-07-04	Carlton over Richmond	1970
1949-06-13	North Melbourne over St Kilda	1949
1926-07-03	Essendon over Fitzroy	1926

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