Has an AFL game ever ended 81-70?
It has. 81-70 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat Richmond on September 16, 1944; the latest was Collingwood beat Melbourne on August 17, 2007.
That makes 81-70 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-70 has happened 4 times and 81-71 has happened 8 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1975 and 2007.
Every 81-70 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-17 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 2007 | |
| 1975-05-03 | Footscray over Collingwood | 1975 | |
| 1972-04-01 | Carlton over Fitzroy | 1972 | |
| 1951-09-29 | Geelong over Essendon | 1951 | Playoff |
| 1951-08-04 | Footscray over North Melbourne | 1951 | |
| 1950-05-06 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1950 | |
| 1947-06-28 | Fitzroy over Geelong | 1947 | |
| 1944-09-16 | Fitzroy over Richmond | 1944 | Playoff |