Has an AFL game ever ended 81-49?
It has. 81-49 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat Collingwood on July 24, 1954; the latest was West Coast beat Hawthorn on August 16, 2020.
That makes 81-49 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-49 has happened 4 times and 81-50 has happened 6 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979. At one point the score disappeared for 60 years, between 1960 and 2020.
Every 81-49 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-16 | West Coast over Hawthorn | 2020 | |
| 1960-06-04 | Footscray over Richmond | 1960 | |
| 1958-07-26 | Essendon over Hawthorn | 1958 | |
| 1954-07-24 | Fitzroy over Collingwood | 1954 |