Has an AFL game ever ended 72-56?

It has. 72-56 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat University on May 24, 1913; the latest was Adelaide beat Carlton on September 13, 2020.

Where 72-56 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 72-56 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-56 has happened 2 times and 72-57 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 59 years, between 1961 and 2020.

Every 72-56 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2020-09-13	Adelaide over Carlton	2020
1961-05-06	Carlton over Sydney	1961
1930-06-14	St Kilda over Footscray	1930
1913-05-24	Carlton over University	1913

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