Has an AFL game ever ended 81-72?
It has. 81-72 has been a AFL final 6 times in 16,622 games. The first was Richmond beat Melbourne on July 26, 1947; the latest was Footscray beat Gold Coast on May 5, 2018.
That makes 81-72 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-72 has happened 6 times and 81-73 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 57 years, between 1961 and 2018.
Every 81-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-05 | Footscray over Gold Coast | 2018 | |
| 1961-04-29 | Footscray over Carlton | 1961 | |
| 1954-06-05 | Collingwood over Carlton | 1954 | |
| 1949-08-27 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 1949 | |
| 1949-07-02 | North Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1949 | |
| 1947-07-26 | Richmond over Melbourne | 1947 |