Has an AFL game ever ended 72-65?
It has. 72-65 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Footscray on August 29, 1936; the latest was Geelong beat Collingwood on March 22, 2019.
That makes 72-65 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-65 has happened 6 times and 72-66 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 64 years, between 1938 and 2002.
Every 72-65 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-22 | Geelong over Collingwood | 2019 | |
| 2011-04-16 | Hawthorn over West Coast | 2011 | |
| 2002-06-14 | Essendon over Hawthorn | 2002 | |
| 1938-05-14 | Geelong over Footscray | 1938 | |
| 1936-08-29 | Melbourne over Footscray | 1936 |