Has an AFL game ever ended 71-39?
It has. 71-39 has been a AFL final 6 times in 17,056 games. The first was Melbourne beat Essendon on May 28, 1904; the latest was Adelaide beat St Kilda on July 13, 2024.
That makes 71-39 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-39 has happened 1 times and 71-40 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 65 years, between 1955 and 2020.
Every 71-39 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-13 | Adelaide over St Kilda | 2024 | |
| 2020-06-18 | Hawthorn over Richmond | 2020 | |
| 1955-06-25 | Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1955 | |
| 1917-06-23 | Sydney over Richmond | 1917 | |
| 1914-06-27 | Fitzroy over Richmond | 1914 | |
| 1904-05-28 | Melbourne over Essendon | 1904 |
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