Has an AFL game ever ended 71-40?
It has. 71-40 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Sydney beat Footscray on July 29, 1967; the latest was Sydney beat Essendon on July 4, 1970.
That makes 71-40 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-40 has happened 5 times and 71-41 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979.
Every 71-40 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-07-04 | Sydney over Essendon | 1970 | |
| 1970-06-20 | St Kilda over North Melbourne | 1970 | |
| 1967-07-29 | Sydney over Footscray | 1967 |
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