Has an AFL game ever ended 88-40?
It has. 88-40 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Geelong beat Fitzroy on August 9, 1952; the latest was Hawthorn beat North Melbourne on July 16, 2023.
That makes 88-40 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-40 has happened 2 times and 88-41 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 53 years, between 1970 and 2023.
Every 88-40 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-16 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 2023 | |
| 1970-07-11 | Sydney over Footscray | 1970 | |
| 1952-08-09 | Geelong over Fitzroy | 1952 |
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