Has an AFL game ever ended 72-59?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 72-59 4 times. It first happened on June 4, 1949, when Essendon beat Footscray, and most recently on May 30, 2015, when Richmond beat Essendon.

Where 72-59 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 72-59 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-59 has happened 3 times and 72-60 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 51 years, between 1964 and 2015.

Every 72-59 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2015-05-30	Richmond over Essendon	2015
1964-05-23	Geelong over Richmond	1964
1956-07-21	Footscray over Melbourne	1956
1949-06-04	Essendon over Footscray	1949

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