Has an AFL game ever ended 78-61?
It has. 78-61 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,053 games. The first was Collingwood beat St Kilda on August 25, 1906; the latest was Brisbane Lions beat Carlton on September 19, 2020.
That makes 78-61 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-61 has happened 5 times and 78-62 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 67 years, between 1949 and 2016.
Every 78-61 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-19 | Brisbane Lions over Carlton | 2020 | |
| 2016-07-15 | Geelong over Fremantle | 2016 | |
| 1949-09-17 | Essendon over North Melbourne | 1949 | Playoff |
| 1913-07-05 | Geelong over Fitzroy | 1913 | |
| 1906-08-25 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 1906 |