Has an AFL game ever ended 77-70?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 77-70 6 times. It first happened on June 9, 1923, when Fitzroy beat Melbourne, and most recently on August 19, 2017, when Carlton beat Hawthorn.
That makes 77-70 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 78-70 has happened 3 times and 77-71 has happened 11 times. At one point the score disappeared for 61 years, between 1956 and 2017.
Every 77-70 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-19 | Carlton over Hawthorn | 2017 | |
| 1956-08-18 | Hawthorn over Fitzroy | 1956 | |
| 1945-08-25 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 1945 | |
| 1940-07-13 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1940 | |
| 1934-05-12 | Geelong over North Melbourne | 1934 | |
| 1923-06-09 | Fitzroy over Melbourne | 1923 |