Has an AFL game ever ended 89-80?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 89-80 8 times. It first happened on July 30, 1932, when Carlton beat Sydney, and most recently on July 2, 2017, when St Kilda beat Fremantle.
That makes 89-80 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 90-80 has happened 8 times and 89-81 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 45 years, between 1957 and 2002.
Every 89-80 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-02 | St Kilda over Fremantle | 2017 | |
| 2014-06-27 | Geelong over Essendon | 2014 | |
| 2010-06-06 | Sydney over Essendon | 2010 | |
| 2007-07-07 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 2007 | |
| 2004-05-08 | Carlton over Collingwood | 2004 | |
| 2002-05-17 | Hawthorn over Carlton | 2002 | |
| 1957-06-29 | North Melbourne over Essendon | 1957 | |
| 1932-07-30 | Carlton over Sydney | 1932 |