Has an AFL game ever ended 96-61?
It has. 96-61 has been a AFL final 7 times in 17,056 games. The first was Essendon beat Hawthorn on May 24, 1930; the latest was Fitzroy beat Essendon on August 23, 1986.
That makes 96-61 the 223rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-61 has happened 2 times and 96-62 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1941 and 1972.
Every 96-61 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-08-23 | Fitzroy over Essendon | 1986 | |
| 1978-06-03 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1978 | |
| 1972-05-20 | Essendon over North Melbourne | 1972 | |
| 1941-06-07 | Essendon over Sydney | 1941 | |
| 1935-04-27 | Richmond over Footscray | 1935 | |
| 1933-07-15 | Geelong over Collingwood | 1933 | |
| 1930-05-24 | Essendon over Hawthorn | 1930 |
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