Has an AFL game ever ended 97-23?

Exactly once. On April 18, 1999, West Coast beat Essendon 97-23, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 97-23 in league history.

Where 97-23 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 97-23 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-23 has happened never and 97-24 has happened never.

Every 97-23 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1999-04-18	West Coast over Essendon	1999

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