Has an AFL game ever ended 80-52?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 80-52 7 times. It first happened on May 12, 1923, when Melbourne beat Geelong, and most recently on August 22, 2020, when Footscray beat Melbourne.
That makes 80-52 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 81-52 has happened 3 times and 80-53 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 56 years, between 1953 and 2009.
Every 80-52 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-22 | Footscray over Melbourne | 2020 | |
| 2018-06-21 | Essendon over West Coast | 2018 | |
| 2015-05-09 | Fremantle over Essendon | 2015 | |
| 2009-09-06 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 2009 | Playoff |
| 1953-06-27 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1953 | |
| 1925-08-29 | Carlton over Hawthorn | 1925 | |
| 1923-05-12 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1923 |