Has an AFL game ever ended 99-96?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 99-96 3 times. It first happened on May 8, 1943, when Fitzroy beat Melbourne, and most recently on June 24, 2017, when Melbourne beat West Coast.
That makes 99-96 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 100-96 has happened 4 times and 99-97 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 70 years, between 1943 and 2013.
Every 99-96 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-24 | Melbourne over West Coast | 2017 | |
| 2013-04-28 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 2013 | |
| 1943-05-08 | Fitzroy over Melbourne | 1943 |