Has an AFL game ever ended 83-81?
It has. 83-81 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Collingwood on August 23, 1941; the latest was GWS beat Sydney on August 3, 2019.
That makes 83-81 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 84-81 has happened 3 times and 83-82 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 49 years, between 1970 and 2019.
Every 83-81 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-03 | GWS over Sydney | 2019 | |
| 1970-08-08 | Footscray over North Melbourne | 1970 | |
| 1965-07-31 | Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1965 | |
| 1958-08-23 | Carlton over Sydney | 1958 | |
| 1941-08-23 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1941 |