Has an AFL game ever ended 82-73?
It has. 82-73 has been a AFL final 8 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Richmond on April 24, 1915; the latest was Collingwood beat Footscray on June 23, 2019.
That makes 82-73 the 87th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 83-73 has happened 11 times and 82-74 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1945 and 1974.
Every 82-73 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-23 | Collingwood over Footscray | 2019 | |
| 2004-06-14 | Melbourne over Collingwood | 2004 | |
| 1983-07-30 | Collingwood over Footscray | 1983 | |
| 1974-07-27 | North Melbourne over St Kilda | 1974 | |
| 1945-08-18 | Fitzroy over Sydney | 1945 | |
| 1944-05-06 | Fitzroy over St Kilda | 1944 | |
| 1935-08-10 | Fitzroy over North Melbourne | 1935 | |
| 1915-04-24 | Melbourne over Richmond | 1915 |