Has an AFL game ever ended 96-56?
It has. 96-56 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat Geelong on May 26, 1920; the latest was Carlton beat Melbourne on May 9, 1981.
That makes 96-56 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-56 has happened 4 times and 96-57 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1920 and 1957.
Every 96-56 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-05-09 | Carlton over Melbourne | 1981 | |
| 1979-08-11 | Essendon over Geelong | 1979 | |
| 1978-06-24 | Geelong over Collingwood | 1978 | |
| 1957-08-24 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 1957 | |
| 1920-05-26 | Fitzroy over Geelong | 1920 |