Has an AFL game ever ended 73-65?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 73-65 6 times. It first happened on May 10, 1913, when St Kilda beat University, and most recently on May 3, 2014, when Essendon beat Footscray.
That makes 73-65 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 74-65 has happened 5 times and 73-66 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 71 years, between 1936 and 2007.
Every 73-65 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-03 | Essendon over Footscray | 2014 | |
| 2011-05-07 | Sydney over Footscray | 2011 | |
| 2007-08-04 | Adelaide over Port Adelaide | 2007 | |
| 1936-08-08 | North Melbourne over Richmond | 1936 | |
| 1933-06-10 | Richmond over Fitzroy | 1933 | |
| 1913-05-10 | St Kilda over University | 1913 |