Has an AFL game ever ended 79-65?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 79-65 12 times. It first happened on July 13, 1901, when Sydney beat Fitzroy, and most recently on July 26, 2024, when Port Adelaide beat Carlton.
That makes 79-65 the 3rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-65 has happened 6 times and 79-66 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1923 and 1949.
Every 79-65 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-26 | Port Adelaide over Carlton | 2024 | |
| 2010-07-10 | St Kilda over Brisbane Lions | 2010 | |
| 1984-04-23 | North Melbourne over Geelong | 1984 | |
| 1977-08-13 | North Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1977 | |
| 1958-04-12 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1958 | |
| 1956-07-28 | Geelong over Richmond | 1956 | |
| 1953-05-16 | Geelong over Essendon | 1953 | |
| 1949-08-06 | Fitzroy over Hawthorn | 1949 | |
| 1949-07-30 | Melbourne over Sydney | 1949 | |
| 1923-05-12 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1923 | |
| 1916-06-10 | Collingwood over Fitzroy | 1916 | |
| 1901-07-13 | Sydney over Fitzroy | 1901 |