Has an AFL game ever ended 79-79?
It has. 79-79 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was North Melbourne and Fitzroy drew on April 29, 1933; the latest was Melbourne and Hawthorn drew on July 17, 2021.
That makes 79-79 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-79 has happened 15 times and 79-80 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1964 and 1994.
Every 79-79 in AFL history
| Date | Teams | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-17 | Melbourne / Hawthorn | 2021 | |
| 2011-04-16 | Carlton / Essendon | 2011 | |
| 1994-06-25 | St Kilda / Adelaide | 1994 | |
| 1964-08-08 | Carlton / Collingwood | 1964 | |
| 1961-06-10 | North Melbourne / Geelong | 1961 | |
| 1935-08-24 | Collingwood / Melbourne | 1935 | |
| 1935-06-08 | Footscray / Carlton | 1935 | |
| 1933-04-29 | North Melbourne / Fitzroy | 1933 |