Has an AFL game ever ended 81-71?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 81-71 8 times. It first happened on August 21, 1937, when Carlton beat Collingwood, and most recently on June 26, 2021, when Port Adelaide beat Sydney.
That makes 81-71 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-71 has happened 7 times and 81-72 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1973 and 2004.
Every 81-71 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-26 | Port Adelaide over Sydney | 2021 | |
| 2012-09-14 | Adelaide over Fremantle | 2012 | Playoff |
| 2004-06-13 | Fremantle over Richmond | 2004 | |
| 1973-05-26 | Essendon over Melbourne | 1973 | |
| 1957-07-06 | Sydney over St Kilda | 1957 | |
| 1953-05-30 | Fitzroy over Melbourne | 1953 | |
| 1949-07-23 | Collingwood over Fitzroy | 1949 | |
| 1937-08-21 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1937 |