Has an AFL game ever ended 99-97?
It has. 99-97 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Hawthorn beat Geelong on June 4, 1960; the latest was Carlton beat Footscray on August 24, 2002.
That makes 99-97 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 100-97 has happened 3 times and 99-98 has happened 6 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1969 and 1998.
Every 99-97 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-08-24 | Carlton over Footscray | 2002 | |
| 2001-06-30 | Collingwood over Adelaide | 2001 | |
| 2001-05-13 | North Melbourne over Collingwood | 2001 | |
| 1999-07-17 | Footscray over Adelaide | 1999 | |
| 1998-08-15 | Footscray over Sydney | 1998 | |
| 1969-08-23 | Fitzroy over Melbourne | 1969 | |
| 1960-06-04 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1960 |