Has an AFL game ever ended 97-80?
It has. 97-80 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Essendon beat Fitzroy on September 5, 1931; the latest was Richmond beat Footscray on June 9, 1986.
That makes 97-80 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-80 has happened 7 times and 97-81 has happened 7 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1920 and 1949. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1945 and 1986.
Every 97-80 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-06-09 | Richmond over Footscray | 1986 | |
| 1945-07-14 | Footscray over Geelong | 1945 | |
| 1937-06-19 | St Kilda over Essendon | 1937 | |
| 1931-09-05 | Essendon over Fitzroy | 1931 |
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