Has an AFL game ever ended 72-61?
It has. 72-61 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat Collingwood on May 1, 1909; the latest was Geelong beat Footscray on August 28, 2020.
That makes 72-61 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-61 has happened 6 times and 72-62 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 53 years, between 1967 and 2020.
Every 72-61 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-28 | Geelong over Footscray | 2020 | |
| 1967-05-13 | Geelong over Essendon | 1967 | |
| 1960-08-20 | Fitzroy over Essendon | 1960 | |
| 1911-07-01 | Fitzroy over Collingwood | 1911 | |
| 1909-05-01 | Fitzroy over Collingwood | 1909 |