Has an AFL game ever ended 96-79?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 96-79 5 times. It first happened on August 20, 1938, when Melbourne beat Carlton, and most recently on August 19, 2017, when Port Adelaide beat Footscray.
That makes 96-79 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-79 has happened 3 times and 96-80 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 58 years, between 1938 and 1996.
Every 96-79 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-19 | Port Adelaide over Footscray | 2017 | |
| 2004-07-10 | North Melbourne over Fremantle | 2004 | |
| 1998-06-28 | Melbourne over West Coast | 1998 | |
| 1996-07-13 | Sydney over St Kilda | 1996 | |
| 1938-08-20 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1938 |