1 – Port Adelaide and Essendon were the first teams to play at Etihad Stadium when it opened back in 2000. Port Adelaide lost by 94 points that night.
3 – The number of times the Power has opened its season against Essendon, North Melbourne and, this weekend, Fremantle.
4 – The number of times the Power’s season has opened in Perth as of this Sunday.
6 – The number of goals kicked by Stuart Dew and Warren Tredrea in the club’s biggest Round 1 win over Essendon in 2004.
9 – The number of games Port Adelaide has both won, and lost, in Round 1.
32 – The number of scoring shots Port Adelaide had, and lost with, back in Round 1, 1998 against the Swans.
51 – The turnaround from a 27-point deficit at quarter time against Freo in Round 1, 2007.
96 – The biggest winning margin by the Power in a Round 1 game (against Essendon in 2004).
98 – The average score Port Adelaide has kicked in Round 1.
103 – The average score kicked against Port Adelaide in Round 1 games.
158 – The number of points the Power kicked in that game – also its biggest score in Round 1.
1999 – The first game Port Adelaide won against Sydney, at the SCG, and in Round 1. It was also the first win for Mark Williams as a senior AFL coach.
51,883 – The crowd that watched Port Adelaide and Collingwood play in the Power’s first AFL game in 1997 at the MCG.