Has an AFL game ever ended 71-47?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 71-47 3 times. It first happened on July 24, 1965, when Essendon beat Hawthorn, and most recently on August 13, 2022, when Fremantle beat West Coast.
That makes 71-47 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-47 has happened 4 times and 71-48 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 54 years, between 1968 and 2022.
Every 71-47 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-13 | Fremantle over West Coast | 2022 | |
| 1968-04-20 | Geelong over Footscray | 1968 | |
| 1965-07-24 | Essendon over Hawthorn | 1965 |
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