List of Australian Football League pre-season and night series premiers
Night series winners 1977–1987
Columns: Year | Winners | Grand Finalist | Scores | Venue | Crowd | Margin | Season Result
1977 | Hawthorn | Carlton | 14.11 (95) – 11.5 (71) | Waverley Park | 27407 | 24 | Preliminary Finalist | 1978 | Fitzroy | North Melbourne | 13.18 (96) – 2.8 (20) | Waverley Park | 26420 | 76 | 9th | 1979 | Collingwood | Hawthorn | 12.8 (80) – 7.10 (52) | Waverley Park | 37753 | 28 | Grand Finalist | 1980 | North Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.9 (57) – 7.12 (54) | Waverley Park | 50478 | 3 | Elimination Finalist | 1981 | Essendon | Carlton | 9.11 (65) – 6.5 (41) | Waverley Park | 42269 | 24 | Elimination Finalist | 1982 | Sydney Swans | North Melbourne | 13.12 (90) – 8.10 (58) | Waverley Park | 20028 | 32 | 7th | 1983 | Carlton | Richmond | 14.16 (100) – 10.6 (66) | Waverley Park | 32927 | 34 | Elimination Finalist | 1984 | Essendon | Sydney Swans | 13.11 (89) – 5.8 (38) | Waverley Park | 30824 | 51 | Premier | 1985 | Hawthorn | Essendon | 11.11 (77) – 10.8 (68) | Waverley Park | 24812 | 9 | Grand Finalist | 1986 | Hawthorn | Carlton | 9.12 (66) – 5.6 (36) | Waverley Park | 19627 | 30 | Premier