Has an AFL game ever ended 79-56?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 79-56 6 times. It first happened on May 5, 1923, when Fitzroy beat Carlton, and most recently on May 6, 2017, when Carlton beat Collingwood.
That makes 79-56 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-56 has happened 4 times and 79-57 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 43 years, between 1974 and 2017.
Every 79-56 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-06 | Carlton over Collingwood | 2017 | |
| 1974-08-10 | Collingwood over Geelong | 1974 | |
| 1965-07-24 | Collingwood over Richmond | 1965 | |
| 1962-05-26 | Fitzroy over Hawthorn | 1962 | |
| 1952-07-05 | Collingwood over Richmond | 1952 | |
| 1923-05-05 | Fitzroy over Carlton | 1923 |