Has an AFL game ever ended 70-61?
It has. 70-61 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,053 games. The first was Hawthorn beat Geelong on June 17, 1961; the latest was Brisbane Lions beat Geelong on March 29, 2025.
That makes 70-61 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 71-61 has happened 4 times and 70-62 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 43 years, between 1961 and 2004.
Every 70-61 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-29 | Brisbane Lions over Geelong | 2025 | |
| 2021-07-04 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 2021 | |
| 2004-05-16 | Hawthorn over Fremantle | 2004 | |
| 1961-06-17 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1961 |