Has an AFL game ever ended 72-47?
It has. 72-47 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Geelong beat Collingwood on July 23, 1921; the latest was Geelong beat Footscray on May 12, 1979.
That makes 72-47 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-47 has happened 2 times and 72-48 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1930 and 1964.
Every 72-47 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-05-12 | Geelong over Footscray | 1979 | |
| 1964-08-08 | St Kilda over Richmond | 1964 | |
| 1930-06-21 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1930 | |
| 1921-07-23 | Geelong over Collingwood | 1921 |
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