Has an AFL game ever ended 96-89?
It has. 96-89 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Hawthorn beat Carlton on June 29, 1940; the latest was Melbourne beat Port Adelaide on March 30, 2024.
That makes 96-89 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-89 has happened 4 times and 96-90 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1969 and 1999.
Every 96-89 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-30 | Melbourne over Port Adelaide | 2024 | |
| 2022-08-05 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 2022 | |
| 2006-06-30 | North Melbourne over Essendon | 2006 | |
| 1999-07-24 | Port Adelaide over Fremantle | 1999 | |
| 1969-08-30 | Collingwood over North Melbourne | 1969 | |
| 1952-04-26 | Essendon over North Melbourne | 1952 | |
| 1940-06-29 | Hawthorn over Carlton | 1940 |