Has an AFL game ever ended 96-59?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 96-59 5 times. It first happened on June 27, 1959, when Collingwood beat Essendon, and most recently on June 9, 2018, when Geelong beat North Melbourne.
That makes 96-59 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-59 has happened 3 times and 96-60 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1967 and 1996.
Every 96-59 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-09 | Geelong over North Melbourne | 2018 | |
| 2015-08-09 | Fremantle over St Kilda | 2015 | |
| 1996-04-26 | Fremantle over Melbourne | 1996 | |
| 1967-07-01 | Footscray over Hawthorn | 1967 | |
| 1959-06-27 | Collingwood over Essendon | 1959 |