Has an AFL game ever ended 97-88?
It has. 97-88 has been a AFL final 8 times in 17,053 games. The first was Essendon beat Fitzroy on August 5, 1922; the latest was Port Adelaide beat North Melbourne on April 26, 2025.
That makes 97-88 the 107th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-88 has happened 5 times and 97-89 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 38 years, between 1936 and 1974.
Every 97-88 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-26 | Port Adelaide over North Melbourne | 2025 | |
| 2008-05-24 | Carlton over Fremantle | 2008 | |
| 1988-08-13 | West Coast over St Kilda | 1988 | |
| 1974-04-13 | Geelong over Carlton | 1974 | |
| 1936-09-12 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1936 | Playoff |
| 1934-06-30 | Sydney over Fitzroy | 1934 | |
| 1927-06-25 | St Kilda over North Melbourne | 1927 | |
| 1922-08-05 | Essendon over Fitzroy | 1922 |