Has an AFL game ever ended 85-84?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-84 8 times. It first happened on July 13, 1946, when Carlton beat Sydney, and most recently on March 24, 2019, when St Kilda beat Gold Coast.
That makes 85-84 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-84 has happened 2 times and 85-85 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1963 and 1999.
Every 85-84 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-24 | St Kilda over Gold Coast | 2019 | |
| 2006-09-30 | West Coast over Sydney | 2006 | Playoff |
| 2006-09-09 | Sydney over West Coast | 2006 | Playoff |
| 2006-07-15 | Brisbane Lions over North Melbourne | 2006 | |
| 2005-07-02 | Richmond over Sydney | 2005 | |
| 1999-04-16 | Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1999 | |
| 1963-07-27 | Richmond over Collingwood | 1963 | |
| 1946-07-13 | Carlton over Sydney | 1946 |