Has an AFL game ever ended 81-69?
It has. 81-69 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,051 games. The first was Footscray beat North Melbourne on June 30, 1979; the latest was North Melbourne beat Essendon on March 28, 2026.
That makes 81-69 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-69 has happened 8 times and 81-70 has happened 8 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1979 and 2020.
Every 81-69 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | North Melbourne over Essendon | 2026 | |
| 2025-06-29 | Fremantle over St Kilda | 2025 | |
| 2020-06-13 | Brisbane Lions over Fremantle | 2020 | |
| 1979-06-30 | Footscray over North Melbourne | 1979 |