Has an AFL game ever ended 96-85?
It has. 96-85 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,056 games. The first was St Kilda beat Richmond on May 1, 1965; the latest was Sydney beat GWS on August 5, 2023.
That makes 96-85 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-85 has happened 3 times and 96-86 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1982 and 2011.
Every 96-85 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | Sydney over GWS | 2023 | |
| 2011-08-14 | Geelong over Adelaide | 2011 | |
| 1982-08-21 | Essendon over Geelong | 1982 | |
| 1970-04-11 | Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1970 | |
| 1965-05-01 | St Kilda over Richmond | 1965 |
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