Has an AFL game ever ended 72-63?
It has. 72-63 has been a AFL final 9 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Sydney on August 26, 1911; the latest was Melbourne beat West Coast on August 9, 2021.
That makes 72-63 the 43rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-63 has happened 11 times and 72-64 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 44 years, between 1958 and 2002.
Every 72-63 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-09 | Melbourne over West Coast | 2021 | |
| 2021-06-26 | North Melbourne over Gold Coast | 2021 | |
| 2005-05-14 | Brisbane Lions over Adelaide | 2005 | |
| 2002-05-25 | St Kilda over Richmond | 2002 | |
| 1958-07-26 | Melbourne over North Melbourne | 1958 | |
| 1955-06-11 | Collingwood over Sydney | 1955 | |
| 1950-06-24 | Essendon over Melbourne | 1950 | |
| 1946-05-25 | Sydney over Fitzroy | 1946 | |
| 1911-08-26 | Geelong over Sydney | 1911 |