Has an AFL game ever ended 72-66?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 72-66 6 times. It first happened on June 8, 1908, when Essendon beat Melbourne, and most recently on July 28, 2017, when Hawthorn beat Sydney.
That makes 72-66 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-66 has happened 3 times and 72-67 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 65 years, between 1952 and 2017.
Every 72-66 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-28 | Hawthorn over Sydney | 2017 | |
| 1952-08-30 | St Kilda over Fitzroy | 1952 | |
| 1946-04-27 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1946 | |
| 1927-07-09 | Geelong over Sydney | 1927 | |
| 1922-05-13 | Sydney over Collingwood | 1922 | |
| 1908-06-08 | Essendon over Melbourne | 1908 |
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