Has an AFL game ever ended 80-79?
It has. 80-79 has been a AFL final 15 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat Fitzroy on September 5, 1936; the latest was Port Adelaide beat Hawthorn on May 19, 2024.
That makes 80-79 the single most common final score of the 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 81-79 has happened 5 times and 80-80 has happened never.
Every 80-79 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-19 | Port Adelaide over Hawthorn | 2024 | |
| 2024-04-13 | GWS over St Kilda | 2024 | |
| 2017-04-07 | Collingwood over Sydney | 2017 | |
| 2012-04-25 | Collingwood over Essendon | 2012 | |
| 2004-05-23 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 2004 | |
| 1987-06-27 | Hawthorn over Carlton | 1987 | |
| 1971-06-26 | Footscray over Melbourne | 1971 | |
| 1964-08-15 | North Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1964 | |
| 1960-07-23 | Sydney over Geelong | 1960 | |
| 1958-04-12 | Hawthorn over St Kilda | 1958 | |
| 1956-07-14 | St Kilda over Footscray | 1956 | |
| 1956-06-09 | Geelong over Carlton | 1956 | |
| 1950-05-20 | Collingwood over Geelong | 1950 | |
| 1939-08-05 | Hawthorn over Fitzroy | 1939 | |
| 1936-09-05 | Sydney over Fitzroy | 1936 |