during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series. A team based in the state of South Australia, christened the "Adelaide Crows" after the epithet bestowed upon those from South Australia by those living in other Australian states was admitted to the AFL competition in 1991. Finals series Elimination finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 17.11 (113) || || 11.9 (75) ||Waverley Park|| 46,032 ||Saturday 7, September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 15.14 (104) |||| 14.13 (97) ||Waverley Park|| 63,796 ||Sunday 8, September Qualifying final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 15.11 (101) |||| 18.16 (124) ||Subiaco Oval|| 44,142 ||Sunday 8, September Semi finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 13.17 (95) |||| 13.15 (93) ||Waverley Park|| 63,733 ||Saturday 14, September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 17.15 (117) |||| 12.7 (79) ||Waverley Park|| 41,136 ||Sunday 15, September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Preliminary final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 8.16 (64) |||| 11.13 (79) ||Waverley Park|| 47,638 ||Saturday 21, September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Grand final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||| 20.19 (139) |||| 13.8 (86) ||Waverley Park|| 75,230 ||Saturday 28, September Match attendance Total match attendance for the home-and-away season was 3,810,868 people. Total attendance for the finals series was 381,707 people. Attendance at the grand final was 75,230 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 55,735 people for the v game of Round 6. Awards The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne The Coleman Medal was awarded to Tony Lockett of St Kilda The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Paul Dear of Hawthorn The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Brisbane The Under 19's Grand Final was won by North Melbourne against Collingwood The Reserves Grand Final was won by Brisbane against Melbourne The