| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores(Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position
 | 
| Home | Away | Result | 
|---|
| 1 | Friday, 22 March (8:10 pm) | Essendon | 11.16 (82) | 18.9 (117) | Lost by 35 points [5] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 42,218 | 16th | 
| 2 | Saturday, 6 April (3:40 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 10.17 (77) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 19 points [6] | Gabba (A) | 21,308 | 10th | 
| 3 | Sunday, 14 April (4:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 17.16 (118) | 16.13 (109) | Lost by 9 points [7] | AAMI Stadium (A) | 40,707 | 11th | 
| 4 | Saturday, 21 April (2:50 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 12.8 (80) | 4.4 (28) | Won by 52 points [8] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 24,684 | 8th | 
| 5 | Saturday, 27 April (4:40 pm) | Carlton | 17.13 (115) | 12.11 (83) | Lost by 32 points [9] | MCG (A) | 44,711 | 10th | 
| 6 | Saturday, 4 May (4:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | 13.11 (89) | Lost by 11 points [10] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 37,324 | 12th | 
| 7 | Sunday, 12 May (1:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 7.10 (52) | 29.13 (187) | Won by 135 points [11] | Skoda Stadium (A) | 5,830 | 9th | 
| 8 | Sunday, 19 May (4:10 pm) | St Kilda | 12.15 (87) | 6.11 (47) | Won by 40 points [12] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 34,605 | 9th | 
| 9 | Sunday, 26 May (3:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 19.10 (124) | 18.17 (125) | Won by 1 point [13] | Etihad Stadium (A) | 23,033 | 7th | 
| 10 | Saturday, 1 June (1:40 pm) | Fremantle | 8.11 (59) | 10.6 (66) | Lost by 7 points [14] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 27,684 | 9th | 
| 11 | Saturday, 8 June (4:10 pm) | Sydney Swans | 6.14 (50) | 19.13 (127) | Lost by 77 points [15] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 38,374 | 10th | 
| 12 | Saturday, 15 June (1:40 pm) | Richmond | 16.14 (110) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 38 points [16] | MCG (A) | 43,615 | 11th | 
| 13 | Bye | 11th | 
|---|
| 14 | Saturday, 29 June (1:40 pm) | Gold Coast | 11.17 (83) | 16.15 (111) | Won by 28 points [17] | Metricon Stadium (A) | 13,791 | 11th | 
| 15 | Saturday, 6 July (7:10 pm) | West Coast Eagles | 9.15 (69) | 11.9 (75) | Lost by 6 points [18] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 26,426 | 12th | 
| 16 | Friday, 12 July (7:50 pm) | Collingwood | 17.9 (111) | 12.12 (84) | Lost by 27 points [19] | MCG (A) | 54,790 | 12th | 
| 17 | Sunday, 21 July (2:50 pm) | Geelong | 14.10 (94) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 2 points [20] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 28,603 | 11th | 
| 18 | Saturday, 27 July (5:40 pm) | Fremantle | 11.9 (75) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 22 points [21] | Patersons Stadium (A) | 28,765 | 12th | 
| 19 | Sunday, 4 August (2:50 pm) | Port Adelaide | 15.13 (103) | 17.5 (107) | Lost by 4 points [22] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 43,368 | 13th | 
| 20 | Sunday, 11 August (2:40 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 9 points [23] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 31,801 | 13th | 
| 21 | Sunday, 18 August (4:40 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 20.11 (131) | 17.12 (114) | Lost by 17 points [24] | Etihad Stadium (A) | 17,159 | 13th | 
| 22 | Saturday, 24 August (1:15 pm) | Melbourne Football Club | 18.12 (120) | 7.10 (52) | Won by 68 points [25] | AAMI Stadium (H) | 35,643 | 12th | 
| 23 | Saturday, 31 August (6:10 pm) | West Coast Eagles | 5.13 (43) | 19.15 (129) | Won by 86 points [26] | Patersons Stadium (A) | 29,416 | 11th |