Has an AFL game ever ended 78-76?
It has. 78-76 has been a AFL final 7 times in 17,053 games. The first was Hawthorn beat North Melbourne on April 24, 1937; the latest was Fremantle beat Adelaide on April 3, 2026.
That makes 78-76 the 222nd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-76 has happened 9 times and 78-77 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 53 years, between 1962 and 2015.
Every 78-76 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | Fremantle over Adelaide | 2026 | |
| 2023-07-13 | Sydney over Footscray | 2023 | |
| 2017-09-09 | West Coast over Port Adelaide | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2015-04-12 | Essendon over Hawthorn | 2015 | |
| 1962-09-01 | Carlton over Melbourne | 1962 | Playoff |
| 1941-07-05 | Fitzroy over St Kilda | 1941 | |
| 1937-04-24 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 1937 |