Has an AFL game ever ended 73-61?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 73-61 6 times. It first happened on August 2, 1924, when Essendon beat Fitzroy, and most recently on June 4, 2022, when Sydney beat Melbourne.
That makes 73-61 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 74-61 has happened 8 times and 73-62 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 39 years, between 1981 and 2020.
Every 73-61 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-04 | Sydney over Melbourne | 2022 | |
| 2020-08-22 | Richmond over Essendon | 2020 | |
| 1981-08-01 | Fitzroy over Hawthorn | 1981 | |
| 1972-04-03 | Sydney over Geelong | 1972 | |
| 1959-05-23 | Carlton over Melbourne | 1959 | |
| 1924-08-02 | Essendon over Fitzroy | 1924 |
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