Has an AFL game ever ended 71-42?

It has. 71-42 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Essendon beat Melbourne on June 21, 1924; the latest was Sydney beat Adelaide on September 8, 2012.

Where 71-42 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 71-42 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-42 has happened 5 times and 71-43 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 46 years, between 1966 and 2012.

Every 71-42 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2012-09-08	Sydney over Adelaide	2012	Playoff
1966-04-30	Collingwood over Fitzroy	1966
1965-06-26	Essendon over Melbourne	1965
1924-06-21	Essendon over Melbourne	1924

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