Has an AFL game ever ended 72-50?
It has. 72-50 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Geelong on May 16, 1908; the latest was GWS beat Hawthorn on July 3, 2022.
That makes 72-50 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-50 has happened 1 times and 72-51 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 66 years, between 1954 and 2020.
Every 72-50 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-03 | GWS over Hawthorn | 2022 | |
| 2020-08-09 | West Coast over Carlton | 2020 | |
| 1954-08-21 | Geelong over Collingwood | 1954 | |
| 1908-05-16 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1908 |