Has an AFL game ever ended 96-82?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 96-82 12 times. It first happened on September 6, 1924, when Melbourne beat Essendon, and most recently on July 14, 2024, when Gold Coast beat Port Adelaide.
That makes 96-82 the 3rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-82 has happened 1 times and 96-83 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1924 and 1957.
Every 96-82 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-14 | Gold Coast over Port Adelaide | 2024 | |
| 2017-06-22 | Hawthorn over Adelaide | 2017 | |
| 2010-03-28 | Port Adelaide over North Melbourne | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Geelong over Footscray | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2006-04-22 | Richmond over Brisbane Lions | 2006 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Fremantle over West Coast | 2003 | |
| 1990-06-11 | Footscray over Richmond | 1990 | |
| 1990-05-13 | Richmond over Geelong | 1990 | |
| 1979-06-16 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 1979 | |
| 1974-06-29 | Essendon over Sydney | 1974 | |
| 1957-05-25 | Carlton over Fitzroy | 1957 | |
| 1924-09-06 | Melbourne over Essendon | 1924 |