Has an AFL game ever ended 85-78?
It has. 85-78 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was Richmond beat Carlton on August 24, 1963; the latest was Gold Coast beat Collingwood on July 20, 2013.
That makes 85-78 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-78 has happened 5 times and 85-79 has happened 10 times. At one point the score disappeared for 27 years, between 1963 and 1990.
Every 85-78 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-20 | Gold Coast over Collingwood | 2013 | |
| 2011-04-25 | Fremantle over Footscray | 2011 | |
| 1997-04-20 | Geelong over Essendon | 1997 | |
| 1990-07-07 | Footscray over St Kilda | 1990 | |
| 1963-08-24 | Richmond over Carlton | 1963 |