Has an AFL game ever ended 73-69?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 73-69 9 times. It first happened on April 28, 1928, when Essendon beat Footscray, and most recently on April 25, 2019, when Collingwood beat Essendon.
That makes 73-69 the 43rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 74-69 has happened 4 times and 73-70 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 28 years, between 1987 and 2015.
Every 73-69 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-25 | Collingwood over Essendon | 2019 | |
| 2015-05-23 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 2015 | |
| 1987-06-27 | Richmond over West Coast | 1987 | |
| 1980-04-26 | Collingwood over Essendon | 1980 | |
| 1972-08-05 | Footscray over Geelong | 1972 | |
| 1964-08-15 | Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1964 | |
| 1964-05-23 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1964 | |
| 1953-07-04 | St Kilda over Melbourne | 1953 | |
| 1928-04-28 | Essendon over Footscray | 1928 |