Has an AFL game ever ended 71-66?
It has. 71-66 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Sydney on May 22, 1926; the latest was Fremantle beat St Kilda on April 7, 2019.
That makes 71-66 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-66 has happened 6 times and 71-67 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1973 and 2009.
Every 71-66 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-07 | Fremantle over St Kilda | 2019 | |
| 2009-07-25 | Fremantle over West Coast | 2009 | |
| 1973-09-01 | North Melbourne over Melbourne | 1973 | |
| 1968-07-27 | Fitzroy over Footscray | 1968 | |
| 1956-08-11 | Richmond over Carlton | 1956 | |
| 1932-08-27 | Collingwood over Footscray | 1932 | |
| 1930-05-31 | Fitzroy over Collingwood | 1930 | |
| 1926-05-22 | Carlton over Sydney | 1926 |