Has an AFL game ever ended 97-78?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 97-78 9 times. It first happened on June 24, 1933, when Fitzroy beat Sydney, and most recently on August 8, 2021, when Hawthorn beat Collingwood.
That makes 97-78 the 43rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-78 has happened 1 times and 97-79 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1951 and 1982.
Every 97-78 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-08 | Hawthorn over Collingwood | 2021 | |
| 2017-04-29 | Carlton over Sydney | 2017 | |
| 2008-05-25 | Hawthorn over Melbourne | 2008 | |
| 2000-08-05 | Essendon over Collingwood | 2000 | |
| 1994-04-03 | West Coast over Adelaide | 1994 | |
| 1990-05-20 | Essendon over Footscray | 1990 | |
| 1982-04-03 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1982 | |
| 1951-06-09 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 1951 | |
| 1933-06-24 | Fitzroy over Sydney | 1933 |