Has an AFL game ever ended 79-73?
It has. 79-73 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Sydney on May 18, 1929; the latest was Fremantle beat St Kilda on July 11, 2020.
That makes 79-73 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-73 has happened 6 times and 79-74 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1983 and 2020.
Every 79-73 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-11 | Fremantle over St Kilda | 2020 | |
| 2020-06-14 | Essendon over Sydney | 2020 | |
| 1983-07-16 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1983 | |
| 1962-06-23 | Richmond over Sydney | 1962 | |
| 1940-08-10 | Hawthorn over Sydney | 1940 | |
| 1939-07-22 | Carlton over North Melbourne | 1939 | |
| 1938-07-09 | Collingwood over Fitzroy | 1938 | |
| 1929-05-18 | Carlton over Sydney | 1929 |