Has an AFL game ever ended 72-49?

It has. 72-49 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat St Kilda on July 5, 1902; the latest was Sydney beat Hawthorn on August 17, 1996.

Where 72-49 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 72-49 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-49 has happened never and 72-50 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 77 years, between 1919 and 1996.

Every 72-49 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1996-08-17	Sydney over Hawthorn	1996
1919-08-30	Essendon over Geelong	1919
1902-07-05	Carlton over St Kilda	1902

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