Has an AFL game ever ended 97-71?
It has. 97-71 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,053 games. The first was Richmond beat St Kilda on June 17, 1950; the latest was Port Adelaide beat Adelaide on June 27, 2026.
That makes 97-71 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-71 has happened 4 times and 97-72 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 57 years, between 1950 and 2007.
Every 97-71 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | Port Adelaide over Adelaide | 2026 | |
| 2022-03-16 | Melbourne over Footscray | 2022 | |
| 2009-05-09 | Brisbane Lions over Richmond | 2009 | |
| 2007-05-12 | St Kilda over Sydney | 2007 | |
| 1950-06-17 | Richmond over St Kilda | 1950 |