Has an AFL game ever ended 97-77?
It has. 97-77 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Footscray beat Melbourne on May 27, 1933; the latest was North Melbourne beat Richmond on May 30, 1970.
That makes 97-77 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-77 has happened 6 times and 97-78 has happened 9 times. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1936 and 1970.
Every 97-77 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-05-30 | North Melbourne over Richmond | 1970 | |
| 1936-08-22 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 1936 | |
| 1933-05-27 | Footscray over Melbourne | 1933 |