Has an AFL game ever ended 87-65?
It has. 87-65 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Richmond on June 9, 1923; the latest was Hawthorn beat Fremantle on May 15, 2009.
That makes 87-65 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-65 has happened 4 times and 87-66 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1964 and 1999.
Every 87-65 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-05-15 | Hawthorn over Fremantle | 2009 | |
| 2002-08-25 | Adelaide over Richmond | 2002 | |
| 1999-08-13 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1999 | |
| 1964-05-02 | Hawthorn over St Kilda | 1964 | |
| 1956-04-28 | Carlton over St Kilda | 1956 | |
| 1939-06-03 | Hawthorn over Footscray | 1939 | |
| 1938-06-18 | Footscray over Collingwood | 1938 | |
| 1923-06-09 | Essendon over Richmond | 1923 |