Has an AFL game ever ended 74-70?

It has. 74-70 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat Footscray on August 27, 1927; the latest was Hawthorn beat Essendon on August 18, 1979.

Where 74-70 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 74-70 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 75-70 has happened 8 times and 74-71 has happened 5 times.

Every 74-70 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1979-08-18	Hawthorn over Essendon	1979
1963-06-01	Sydney over Melbourne	1963
1962-05-19	Hawthorn over Richmond	1962
1951-07-07	Essendon over Richmond	1951
1947-08-30	North Melbourne over Hawthorn	1947
1947-07-12	Carlton over Sydney	1947
1927-08-27	Sydney over Footscray	1927

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