Has an AFL game ever ended 81-79?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 81-79 6 times. It first happened on August 25, 1934, when Hawthorn beat Essendon, and most recently on May 11, 2025, when Richmond beat West Coast.
That makes 81-79 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-79 has happened 6 times and 81-80 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 44 years, between 1970 and 2014.
Every 81-79 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-11 | Richmond over West Coast | 2025 | |
| 2017-05-25 | Geelong over Port Adelaide | 2017 | |
| 2014-08-09 | Geelong over Fremantle | 2014 | |
| 1970-05-30 | Fitzroy over Footscray | 1970 | |
| 1957-06-08 | Richmond over St Kilda | 1957 | |
| 1934-08-25 | Hawthorn over Essendon | 1934 |
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