Has an AFL game ever ended 80-78?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 80-78 10 times. It first happened on June 7, 1915, when Geelong beat Essendon, and most recently on June 16, 2018, when St Kilda beat Gold Coast.
That makes 80-78 the 22nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 81-78 has happened 2 times and 80-79 has happened 15 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1915 and 1950.
Every 80-78 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-16 | St Kilda over Gold Coast | 2018 | |
| 2016-03-26 | Melbourne over GWS | 2016 | |
| 2004-03-27 | Brisbane Lions over Sydney | 2004 | |
| 1989-08-13 | North Melbourne over Collingwood | 1989 | |
| 1987-09-19 | Hawthorn over Melbourne | 1987 | Playoff |
| 1968-05-25 | Essendon over Richmond | 1968 | |
| 1960-05-28 | Sydney over Collingwood | 1960 | |
| 1950-07-29 | Footscray over Hawthorn | 1950 | |
| 1950-05-13 | St Kilda over North Melbourne | 1950 | |
| 1915-06-07 | Geelong over Essendon | 1915 |