Has an AFL game ever ended 79-71?
It has. 79-71 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Geelong beat Essendon on August 27, 1910; the latest was Richmond beat Adelaide on June 6, 2024.
That makes 79-71 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-71 has happened 3 times and 79-72 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 88 years, between 1910 and 1998.
Every 79-71 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-06 | Richmond over Adelaide | 2024 | |
| 2018-05-11 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 2018 | |
| 1998-05-10 | Adelaide over West Coast | 1998 | |
| 1910-08-27 | Geelong over Essendon | 1910 |
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