Has an AFL game ever ended 85-65?
It has. 85-65 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat North Melbourne on May 30, 1925; the latest was Fremantle beat Gold Coast on June 23, 2024.
That makes 85-65 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-65 has happened 4 times and 85-66 has happened 9 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1984 and 2021.
Every 85-65 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-23 | Fremantle over Gold Coast | 2024 | |
| 2021-07-24 | Footscray over Melbourne | 2021 | |
| 1984-08-18 | Richmond over Footscray | 1984 | |
| 1979-06-09 | Melbourne over St Kilda | 1979 | |
| 1965-05-15 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1965 | |
| 1945-05-12 | Richmond over Melbourne | 1945 | |
| 1932-04-30 | Sydney over Melbourne | 1932 | |
| 1925-05-30 | Melbourne over North Melbourne | 1925 |