Has an AFL game ever ended 98-70?
It has. 98-70 has been a AFL final 6 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Hawthorn on August 27, 1927; the latest was North Melbourne beat Hawthorn on April 22, 2018.
That makes 98-70 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-70 has happened 9 times and 98-71 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1973 and 2008.
Every 98-70 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-22 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 2018 | |
| 2008-07-27 | North Melbourne over Melbourne | 2008 | |
| 1973-04-07 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1973 | |
| 1951-07-28 | St Kilda over North Melbourne | 1951 | |
| 1939-06-24 | St Kilda over Carlton | 1939 | |
| 1927-08-27 | Carlton over Hawthorn | 1927 |