Has an AFL game ever ended 71-59?
It has. 71-59 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was North Melbourne beat Hawthorn on August 18, 1951; the latest was North Melbourne beat Adelaide on April 13, 2019.
That makes 71-59 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-59 has happened 4 times and 71-60 has happened 8 times. At one point the score disappeared for 45 years, between 1951 and 1996.
Every 71-59 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-13 | North Melbourne over Adelaide | 2019 | |
| 2018-07-05 | Geelong over Sydney | 2018 | |
| 1996-06-30 | West Coast over Footscray | 1996 | |
| 1951-08-18 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1951 |