Has an AFL game ever ended 79-72?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 79-72 5 times. It first happened on July 9, 1927, when Collingwood beat Melbourne, and most recently on May 27, 2023, when Fremantle beat Melbourne.
That makes 79-72 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-72 has happened 4 times and 79-73 has happened 8 times. At one point the score disappeared for 62 years, between 1961 and 2023.
Every 79-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-27 | Fremantle over Melbourne | 2023 | |
| 1961-08-12 | Hawthorn over Essendon | 1961 | |
| 1951-09-01 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 1951 | |
| 1941-07-05 | Sydney over Collingwood | 1941 | |
| 1927-07-09 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 1927 |