Round 1 Victories
FOOTSCRAY VICTORIES in Round 1
(and also the one drawn game from 1957)
Here are Footscray’s victories in the opening round of the season compiled in chronological order. The one draw on opening day is also in this table.
| Year | Season | Opponent | Venue | Result | By | Day | Date |
| 1929 | 5/84 | Fitzroy | Western Oval | WIN | 9 | Saturday | 27 April 1929 |
| 1931 | 7/84 | Hawthorn | Western Oval | WIN | 1 | Saturday | 02 May 1931 |
| 1933 | 9/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 6 | Saturday | 29 April 1933 |
| 1937 | 13/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 4 | Saturday | 24 April 1937 |
| 1940 | 16/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 12 | Saturday | 27 April 1940 |
| 1941 | 17/84 | Hawthorn | Western Oval | WIN | 41 | Saturday | 26 April 1941 |
| 1944 | 20/84 | Geelong | Western Oval | WIN | 58 | Saturday | 06 May 1944 |
| 1945 | 21/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 10 | Saturday | 21 April 1945 |
| 1946 | 22/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 2 | Saturday | 20 April 1946 |
| 1947 | 23/84 | St Kilda | Junction Oval | WIN | 61 | Saturday | 19 April 1947 |
| 1948 | 24/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | WIN | 80 | Saturday | 17 April 1948 |
| 1951 | 27/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 1 | Saturday | 21 April 1951 |
| 1952 | 28/84 | Essendon | Western Oval | WIN | 5 | Saturday | 19 April 1952 |
| 1953 | 29/84 | Carlton | Princes Park | WIN | 5 | Saturday | 18 April 1953 |
| 1955 | 31/84 | Collingwood | Victoria Park | WIN | 56 | Saturday | 16 April 1955 |
| 1956 | 32/84 | Fitzroy | Western Oval | WIN | 29 | Saturday | 14 April 1956 |
| 1957 | 33/84 | Geelong | Kardinia Park | Draw | – | Monday | 22 April 1957 |
| 1960 | 36/84 | Geelong | Western Oval | WIN | 31 | Monday | 18 April 1960 |
| 1961 | 37/84 | Richmond | Punt Road | WIN | 28 | Saturday | 15 April 1961 |
| 1962 | 38/84 | Hawthorn | Western Oval | WIN | 33 | Saturday | 21 April 1962 |
| 1964 | 40/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | WIN | 30 | Saturday | 18 April 1964 |
| 1969 | 45/84 | Fitzroy | Princes Park | WIN | 56 | Monday | 07 April 1969 |
| 1974 | 50/84 | Geelong | Western Oval | WIN | 45 | Saturday | 06 April 1974 |
| 1984 | 60/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | WIN | 39 | Saturday | 31 March 1984 |
| 1985 | 61/84 | Carlton | Princes Park | WIN | 30 | Saturday | 30 March 1985 |
| 1986 | 62/84 | St Kilda | Western Oval | WIN | 17 | Monday | 31 March 1986 |
| 1988 | 64/84 | Sydney | Waverley | WIN | 26 | Monday | 04 April 1988 |
| 1989 | 65/84 | Carlton | Princes Park | WIN | 59 | Saturday | 01 April 1989 |
| 1992 | 68/84 | Adelaide | Football Park | WIN | 27 | Sunday | 22 March 1992 |
| 1994 | 70/84 | Richmond | Western Oval | WIN | 2 | Saturday | 26 March 1994 |
| 1995 | 71/84 | Sydney | Western Oval | WIN | 17 | Sunday | 02 April 1995 |
| 1998 | 74/84 | Brisbane | Gabba | WIN | 46 | Saturday | 28 March 1998 |
| 1999 | 75/84 | Adelaide | Football Park | WIN | 13 | Saturday | 27 March 1999 |
| 2000 | 76/84 | Adelaide | Football Park | WIN | 23 | Saturday | 11 March 2000 |
| 2003 | 79/84 | Country Cats | Docklands | WIN | 39 | Sunday | 30 March 2003 |
| 2005 | 81/84 | Eastern Magpies | M.C.G | WIN | 32 | Monday | 28 March 2005 |
| 2006 | 82/84 | Eastern Tigers | Docklands | WIN | 115 | Friday | 31 March 2006 |
| 2007 | 83/84 | Country Cats | Docklands | WIN | 20 | Sunday | 01 April 2007 |
| 2008 | 84/84 | Adelaide | Docklands | WIN | 3 | Sunday | 23 March 2008 |
| 2009 | 85/85 | Fremantle | Subiaco Oval | WIN | 63 | Sunday | 29 March 2009 |
