Has an AFL game ever ended 81-65?
It has. 81-65 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was North Melbourne beat Carlton on May 19, 1928; the latest was St Kilda beat Essendon on April 19, 2014.
That makes 81-65 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-65 has happened 8 times and 81-66 has happened 9 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1977 and 2014.
Every 81-65 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-19 | St Kilda over Essendon | 2014 | |
| 1977-06-11 | Sydney over North Melbourne | 1977 | |
| 1972-06-03 | St Kilda over Geelong | 1972 | |
| 1965-06-26 | Geelong over Richmond | 1965 | |
| 1957-07-13 | Carlton over Sydney | 1957 | |
| 1946-05-18 | Carlton over North Melbourne | 1946 | |
| 1928-06-30 | Richmond over St Kilda | 1928 | |
| 1928-05-19 | North Melbourne over Carlton | 1928 |