Has an AFL game ever ended 87-86?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 87-86 4 times. It first happened on July 29, 1944, when North Melbourne beat Richmond, and most recently on August 10, 2024, when Gold Coast beat Essendon.
That makes 87-86 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-86 has happened 1 times and 87-87 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 48 years, between 1968 and 2016.
Every 87-86 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-10 | Gold Coast over Essendon | 2024 | |
| 2016-04-01 | Collingwood over Richmond | 2016 | |
| 1968-08-24 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 1968 | |
| 1944-07-29 | North Melbourne over Richmond | 1944 |