Has an AFL game ever ended 88-81?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 88-81 8 times. It first happened on July 1, 1933, when Sydney beat Melbourne, and most recently on July 9, 2022, when Collingwood beat North Melbourne.
That makes 88-81 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-81 has happened 7 times and 88-82 has happened 11 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1972 and 2005.
Every 88-81 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-09 | Collingwood over North Melbourne | 2022 | |
| 2014-06-28 | Fremantle over West Coast | 2014 | |
| 2009-05-09 | Fremantle over Carlton | 2009 | |
| 2005-08-13 | Adelaide over Port Adelaide | 2005 | |
| 1972-08-05 | Essendon over St Kilda | 1972 | |
| 1965-06-05 | Essendon over North Melbourne | 1965 | |
| 1937-04-24 | St Kilda over Fitzroy | 1937 | |
| 1933-07-01 | Sydney over Melbourne | 1933 |