Has an AFL game ever ended 87-78?
It has. 87-78 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Footscray beat Collingwood on June 13, 1942; the latest was Sydney beat Melbourne on August 12, 2018.
That makes 87-78 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-78 has happened 5 times and 87-79 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1972 and 2002.
Every 87-78 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-12 | Sydney over Melbourne | 2018 | |
| 2015-04-05 | GWS over St Kilda | 2015 | |
| 2002-06-30 | Hawthorn over St Kilda | 2002 | |
| 1972-07-29 | North Melbourne over Sydney | 1972 | |
| 1961-07-29 | Essendon over Melbourne | 1961 | |
| 1957-05-04 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1957 | |
| 1946-08-10 | North Melbourne over Carlton | 1946 | |
| 1942-06-13 | Footscray over Collingwood | 1942 |