Has an AFL game ever ended 85-75?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-75 8 times. It first happened on June 5, 1943, when Hawthorn beat Sydney, and most recently on April 20, 2018, when Adelaide beat Sydney.
That makes 85-75 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-75 has happened 10 times and 85-76 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1977 and 2006.
Every 85-75 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-20 | Adelaide over Sydney | 2018 | |
| 2016-07-09 | Footscray over Richmond | 2016 | |
| 2015-06-07 | North Melbourne over West Coast | 2015 | |
| 2006-09-23 | West Coast over Adelaide | 2006 | Playoff |
| 1977-06-25 | St Kilda over Geelong | 1977 | |
| 1959-08-01 | North Melbourne over St Kilda | 1959 | |
| 1947-06-28 | Essendon over Melbourne | 1947 | |
| 1943-06-05 | Hawthorn over Sydney | 1943 |