Has an AFL game ever ended 97-40?
It has. 97-40 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Sydney beat Essendon on July 31, 1915; the latest was Sydney beat Brisbane Lions on August 26, 2006.
That makes 97-40 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-40 has happened never and 97-41 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1954 and 2006.
Every 97-40 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-26 | Sydney over Brisbane Lions | 2006 | |
| 1954-08-21 | Melbourne over St Kilda | 1954 | |
| 1915-07-31 | Sydney over Essendon | 1915 |
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