Has an AFL game ever ended 74-72?
It has. 74-72 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was North Melbourne beat Carlton on May 15, 1937; the latest was Geelong beat Fremantle on June 25, 2017.
That makes 74-72 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 75-72 has happened 7 times and 74-73 has happened 11 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1964 and 1996.
Every 74-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-25 | Geelong over Fremantle | 2017 | |
| 1996-07-13 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1996 | |
| 1964-06-27 | Geelong over North Melbourne | 1964 | |
| 1949-07-23 | Footscray over Melbourne | 1949 | |
| 1937-05-15 | North Melbourne over Carlton | 1937 |