Has an AFL game ever ended 78-78?

It has. 78-78 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Essendon and Melbourne drew on May 7, 1921; the latest was Port Adelaide and Geelong drew on May 13, 2000.

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

That makes 78-78 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-78 has happened 11 times and 78-79 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1921 and 1956.

Every 78-78 in AFL history

Date	Teams	Season
2000-05-13	Port Adelaide / Geelong	2000
1967-05-27	Sydney / Carlton	1967
1956-07-28	Hawthorn / Sydney	1956
1921-05-07	Essendon / Melbourne	1921

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