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.