Has an AFL game ever ended 81-77?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 81-77 6 times. It first happened on June 5, 1926, when Fitzroy beat North Melbourne, and most recently on August 21, 2021, when Melbourne beat Geelong.
That makes 81-77 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-77 has happened 5 times and 81-78 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1988 and 2021.
Every 81-77 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-21 | Melbourne over Geelong | 2021 | |
| 1988-08-28 | Sydney over Brisbane Lions | 1988 | |
| 1959-05-23 | St Kilda over Hawthorn | 1959 | |
| 1930-07-05 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 1930 | |
| 1928-05-05 | Footscray over Geelong | 1928 | |
| 1926-06-05 | Fitzroy over North Melbourne | 1926 |