Has an AFL game ever ended 80-73?
It has. 80-73 has been a AFL final 6 times in 16,622 games. The first was Hawthorn beat Footscray on August 28, 1926; the latest was Collingwood beat Sydney on May 24, 2019.
That makes 80-73 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 81-73 has happened 3 times and 80-74 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1926 and 1961.
Every 80-73 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-24 | Collingwood over Sydney | 2019 | |
| 2015-06-25 | Fremantle over Collingwood | 2015 | |
| 2006-08-05 | Carlton over Melbourne | 2006 | |
| 1986-04-26 | Footscray over Collingwood | 1986 | |
| 1961-09-09 | Hawthorn over Melbourne | 1961 | Playoff |
| 1926-08-28 | Hawthorn over Footscray | 1926 |