Has an AFL game ever ended 98-39?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 98-39 3 times. It first happened on July 27, 1963, when Melbourne beat St Kilda, and most recently on March 27, 2021, when Gold Coast beat North Melbourne.
That makes 98-39 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-39 has happened 1 times and 98-40 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 54 years, between 1963 and 2017.
Every 98-39 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-27 | Gold Coast over North Melbourne | 2021 | |
| 2017-09-15 | Geelong over Sydney | 2017 | Playoff |
| 1963-07-27 | Melbourne over St Kilda | 1963 |