Has an AFL game ever ended 84-81?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 84-81 3 times. It first happened on May 6, 1961, when St Kilda beat Melbourne, and most recently on August 3, 2024, when Collingwood beat Carlton.
That makes 84-81 the 1599th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 85-81 has happened 4 times and 84-82 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 50 years, between 1961 and 2011.