Has an AFL game ever ended 70-69?
It has. 70-69 has been a AFL final 12 times in 16,622 games. The first was St Kilda beat Carlton on August 2, 1913; the latest was Geelong beat Port Adelaide on July 6, 2003.
That makes 70-69 the 3rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 71-69 has happened 3 times and 70-70 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 42 years, between 1941 and 1983.
Every 70-69 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-07-06 | Geelong over Port Adelaide | 2003 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Sydney over Essendon | 1996 | Playoff |
| 1987-08-01 | Carlton over Essendon | 1987 | |
| 1983-06-25 | Richmond over Geelong | 1983 | |
| 1941-08-16 | Sydney over Geelong | 1941 | |
| 1938-07-23 | Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1938 | |
| 1932-07-09 | Sydney over St Kilda | 1932 | |
| 1930-06-14 | Richmond over Geelong | 1930 | |
| 1928-05-12 | North Melbourne over Sydney | 1928 | |
| 1927-04-30 | Sydney over Carlton | 1927 | |
| 1921-05-28 | Melbourne over Sydney | 1921 | |
| 1913-08-02 | St Kilda over Carlton | 1913 |