Has an AFL game ever ended 116-73?
It has. 116-73 has been a AFL final 6 times in 17,053 games. The first was Hawthorn beat Richmond on August 29, 1959; the latest was Geelong beat West Coast on June 1, 2025.
That makes 116-73 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 117-73 has happened 5 times and 116-74 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1959 and 1992.
Every 116-73 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-01 | Geelong over West Coast | 2025 | |
| 2022-06-19 | Gold Coast over Adelaide | 2022 | |
| 2006-08-05 | Sydney over Essendon | 2006 | |
| 2001-06-02 | Port Adelaide over Hawthorn | 2001 | |
| 1992-05-31 | Essendon over Sydney | 1992 | |
| 1959-08-29 | Hawthorn over Richmond | 1959 |