The Demons have failed to score in the last quarter of a game 31 times, but only 11 times since World War II. They held on to win twice and draw once.

Scoreless first quarters

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

Opponent
5 - Geelong, Collingwood
4 - South Melbourne
4 - Carlton, St Kilda
3 - Essendon
2 - Fitzroy, North Melbourne
1 - Footscray, Port Adelaide

Venue
9 - MCG
5 - Victoria Park
5 - Corio Oval
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 - Alex Hall, Ron Barassi
1 - Jack McKenzie, Gerald Brosnan, Neil Craig, Percy Wilson, Checker Hughes, John Beckwith, John Northey, Mark Neeld, Simon Goodwin

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

Against Melbourne

Round	Opponent	Ground	Result
Round 2, 2017	Collingwood	Princes Park	WIN
Round 7, 2017	Fremantle	Casey Fields	WIN
Round 5, 2020	West Coast	Casey Fields	WIN
Round 9, 2021	Brisbane Lions	Casey Fields	WIN
Round 1, 2022 summer season	Western Bulldogs	Western Oval	WIN
Round 5, 2022 spring season	Carlton	Princes Park	WIN
Round 8, 2022 spring season	Gold Coast	Carrara	WIN
Round 9, 2022 spring season	Essendon	Casey Fields	WIN
Round 10, 2022 spring season	West Coast	Casey Fields	WIN
Preliminary Final 2022 spring season	North Melbourne	Princes Park	WIN
Grand Final, 2022 spring season	Brisbane Lions	Springfield	WIN
Round 3, 2023	Western Bulldogs	Casey Fields	WIN
Round 4, 2023	Hawthorn	Frankston Oval	WIN
Round 5, 2023	Geelong	Kardinia Park	WIN
Round 7, 2023	West Coast	Lathlain Park	WIN