Has an AFL game ever ended 97-53?
It has. 97-53 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat Richmond on June 9, 1917; the latest was Hawthorn beat Fitzroy on April 10, 1971.
That makes 97-53 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-53 has happened 3 times and 97-54 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 50 years, between 1921 and 1971.
Every 97-53 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-04-10 | Hawthorn over Fitzroy | 1971 | |
| 1921-05-14 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 1921 | |
| 1917-06-09 | Carlton over Richmond | 1917 |
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