Has an AFL game ever ended 71-52?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 71-52 5 times. It first happened on August 7, 1954, when Essendon beat Collingwood, and most recently on June 21, 2025, when Sydney beat Port Adelaide.
That makes 71-52 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-52 has happened 3 times and 71-53 has happened 5 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979. At one point the score disappeared for 62 years, between 1963 and 2025.
Every 71-52 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-21 | Sydney over Port Adelaide | 2025 | |
| 1963-07-27 | Footscray over North Melbourne | 1963 | |
| 1960-08-20 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 1960 | |
| 1955-07-16 | Geelong over Melbourne | 1955 | |
| 1954-08-07 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1954 |