Has an AFL game ever ended 97-83?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 97-83 5 times. It first happened on May 27, 1933, when St Kilda beat North Melbourne, and most recently on May 8, 2025, when Collingwood beat Fremantle.
That makes 97-83 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-83 has happened 2 times and 97-84 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1933 and 1974.
Every 97-83 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-08 | Collingwood over Fremantle | 2025 | |
| 2008-08-09 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 2008 | |
| 1976-08-07 | Hawthorn over Sydney | 1976 | |
| 1974-08-03 | Sydney over Melbourne | 1974 | |
| 1933-05-27 | St Kilda over North Melbourne | 1933 |