The Demons have failed to score in the last quarter of a game 32 times, but only 12 times since World War II. They won three times and drew once.
VFL/AFL
Round | Opponent | Final Score | Ground | Result |
Round 5, 1898 | Essendon | 23 | East Melbourne | LOSS |
Round 11, 1899 | Geelong | 22 | Corio Oval | LOSS |
Round 4, 1900 | Geelong | 15 | Corio Oval | LOSS |
Round 13, 1900 | South Melbourne | 44 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 1, 1901 | Geelong | 21 | Corio Oval | LOSS |
Round 13, 1901 | Carlton | 42 | Princes Park | WIN |
Round 9, 1902 | Collingwood | 30 | Victoria Park | LOSS |
Round 15, 1903 | Carlton | 32 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 9, 1905 | South Melbourne | 26 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 18, 1908 | Fitzroy | 10 | Brunswick Street | LOSS |
Round 2, 1911 | Geelong | 54 | Corio Oval | DRAW |
Round 6, 1911 | Collingwood | 43 | Victoria Park | LOSS |
Round 15, 1913 | South Melbourne | 19 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 17, 1915 | Essendon | 56 | East Melbourne | LOSS |
Round 3, 1920 | Collingwood | 23 | Victoria Park | LOSS |
Round 13, 1921 | South Melbourne | 53 | Lake Oval | LOSS |
Round 6, 1924 | Geelong | 63 | Corio Oval | LOSS |
Round 8, 1924 | Fitzroy | 41 | Brunswick Street | LOSS |
Round 12, 1924 | Collingwood | 53 | Victoria Park | LOSS |
Round 9, 1933 | St Kilda | 33 | Junction Oval | LOSS |
Round 4, 1960 | Collingwood | 19 | Victoria Park | LOSS |
Round 15, 1964 | St Kilda | 55 | MCG | WIN |
Round 16, 1964 | Essendon | 48 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 12, 1966 | St Kilda | 42 | Moorabbin | LOSS |
Round 7, 1970 | Footscray | 46 | Western Oval | LOSS |
Round 7, 1981 | Carlton | 56 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 10, 1981 | North Melbourne | 43 | Waverley | LOSS |
Round 11, 1992 | Carlton | 65 | Waverley | LOSS |
Round 5, 2012 | St Kilda | 66 | MCG | LOSS |
Round 18, 2013 | North Melbourne | 28 | Docklands | LOSS |
Round 1, 2019 | Port Adelaide | 61 | LOSS | |
Round 15, 2024 | North Melbourne | 70 | MCG | LOSS |
Opponent
5 - Geelong, Collingwood
4 - South Melbourne
4 - Carlton, St Kilda
3 - Essendon, North Melbourne
2 - Fitzroy
1 - Footscray, Port Adelaide
Venue
10 - MCG
5 - Corio Oval, Victoria Park
2 - East Melbourne, Brunswick Street, Waverley
1 - Docklands, Lake Oval, Princes Park, Junction Oval, Moorabbin, Western Oval
Coaches (1907 onwards. No senior coach in 1911)
4 - Norm Smith
3 - Gordon Rattray
2 - Simon Goodwin, Alex Hall, Ron Barassi
1 - Jack McKenzie, Gerald Brosnan, Neil Craig, Percy Wilson, Checker Hughes, John Beckwith, John Northey, Mark Neeld
AFLW
For Melbourne
Round | Opponent | Final Score | Ground | Result |
Round 1, 2017 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | Casey Fields | LOSS |
Round 2, 2020 | Western Bulldogs | 32 | Western Oval | LOSS |
Round 3, 2020 | St Kilda | 14 | Moorabbin | LOSS |
Round 8, 2022 summer season | North Melbourne | 27 | Casey Fields | WIN |
Round 4, 2024 | Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | 41 | LOSS |
Round 5, 2024 | Essendon | Windy Hill | 7 | LOSS |
Against Melbourne