Has an AFL game ever ended 87-81?
It has. 87-81 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,053 games. The first was Hawthorn beat Melbourne on June 1, 1940; the latest was Melbourne beat Geelong on May 5, 2006.
That makes 87-81 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-81 has happened 8 times and 87-82 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 56 years, between 1943 and 1999.
Every 87-81 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-05-05 | Melbourne over Geelong | 2006 | |
| 2005-04-09 | Sydney over Brisbane Lions | 2005 | |
| 1999-06-05 | Hawthorn over Richmond | 1999 | |
| 1943-06-26 | Melbourne over Collingwood | 1943 | |
| 1940-06-01 | Hawthorn over Melbourne | 1940 |