Has an AFL game ever ended 78-60?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 78-60 4 times. It first happened on July 3, 1920, when Fitzroy beat Richmond, and most recently on June 23, 1995, when Essendon beat Hawthorn.

Where 78-60 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 78-60 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-60 has happened 7 times and 78-61 has happened 5 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1920 and 1949. At one point the score disappeared for 68 years, between 1927 and 1995.

Every 78-60 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1995-06-23	Essendon over Hawthorn	1995
1927-09-03	Sydney over North Melbourne	1927
1927-05-21	Melbourne over Essendon	1927
1920-07-03	Fitzroy over Richmond	1920

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