Has an AFL game ever ended 72-70?
It has. 72-70 has been a AFL final 7 times in 17,056 games. The first was Melbourne beat Fitzroy on April 29, 1911; the latest was Fremantle beat Richmond on May 14, 2017.
That makes 72-70 the 223rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-70 has happened 1 times and 72-71 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 68 years, between 1930 and 1998.
Every 72-70 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-14 | Fremantle over Richmond | 2017 | |
| 1999-04-17 | Sydney over North Melbourne | 1999 | |
| 1998-04-19 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1998 | |
| 1930-06-21 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1930 | |
| 1927-09-03 | St Kilda over Geelong | 1927 | |
| 1916-07-22 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1916 | |
| 1911-04-29 | Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1911 |
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