Has an AFL game ever ended 71-53?
It has. 71-53 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,056 games. The first was Richmond beat Fitzroy on August 18, 1917; the latest was Richmond beat Hawthorn on July 31, 2015.
That makes 71-53 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-53 has happened 3 times and 71-54 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 66 years, between 1949 and 2015.
Every 71-53 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | Richmond over Hawthorn | 2015 | |
| 1949-07-23 | Carlton over Hawthorn | 1949 | |
| 1948-09-04 | Essendon over Fitzroy | 1948 | |
| 1946-04-27 | Essendon over Sydney | 1946 | |
| 1917-08-18 | Richmond over Fitzroy | 1917 |
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