Has an AFL game ever ended 99-98?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 99-98 6 times. It first happened on June 17, 1950, when Carlton beat Geelong, and most recently on June 29, 2024, when Fremantle beat Sydney.
That makes 99-98 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 100-98 has happened 8 times and 99-99 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1950 and 1981.