Has an AFL game ever ended 98-80?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 98-80 7 times. It first happened on August 30, 1941, when Collingwood beat North Melbourne, and most recently on August 4, 2019, when Brisbane Lions beat Footscray.
That makes 98-80 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-80 has happened 4 times and 98-81 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 27 years, between 1973 and 2000.
Every 98-80 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-04 | Brisbane Lions over Footscray | 2019 | |
| 2001-05-26 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 2001 | |
| 2000-07-30 | Collingwood over North Melbourne | 2000 | |
| 1973-05-12 | Footscray over Geelong | 1973 | |
| 1966-05-21 | Richmond over Geelong | 1966 | |
| 1958-06-28 | Hawthorn over St Kilda | 1958 | |
| 1941-08-30 | Collingwood over North Melbourne | 1941 |