Has an AFL game ever ended 78-70?
It has. 78-70 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,053 games. The first was Collingwood beat Hawthorn on May 10, 1930; the latest was Carlton beat Melbourne on July 19, 2025.
That makes 78-70 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-70 has happened 7 times and 78-71 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 45 years, between 1967 and 2012.
Every 78-70 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-19 | Carlton over Melbourne | 2025 | |
| 2025-06-08 | Carlton over Essendon | 2025 | |
| 2012-08-11 | Collingwood over Sydney | 2012 | |
| 1967-04-22 | Footscray over Richmond | 1967 | |
| 1930-05-10 | Collingwood over Hawthorn | 1930 |