Has an AFL game ever ended 117-72?
It has. 117-72 has been a AFL final 7 times in 17,056 games. The first was Richmond beat Hawthorn on May 30, 1936; the latest was Sydney beat Richmond on April 3, 2021.
That makes 117-72 the 223rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 118-72 has happened 4 times and 117-73 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 51 years, between 1943 and 1994.
Every 117-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-03 | Sydney over Richmond | 2021 | |
| 2005-06-13 | Melbourne over Collingwood | 2005 | |
| 2002-08-17 | Fremantle over Geelong | 2002 | |
| 1994-08-13 | Footscray over St Kilda | 1994 | |
| 1943-05-22 | Hawthorn over Melbourne | 1943 | |
| 1940-05-18 | Richmond over Geelong | 1940 | |
| 1936-05-30 | Richmond over Hawthorn | 1936 |
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