Has an AFL game ever ended 98-71?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 98-71 4 times. It first happened on July 10, 1943, when Fitzroy beat St Kilda, and most recently on August 13, 2017, when Port Adelaide beat Collingwood.
That makes 98-71 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-71 has happened 8 times and 98-72 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 39 years, between 1943 and 1982.
Every 98-71 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-13 | Port Adelaide over Collingwood | 2017 | |
| 1982-06-19 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1982 | |
| 1943-08-28 | Richmond over Essendon | 1943 | |
| 1943-07-10 | Fitzroy over St Kilda | 1943 |