Has an AFL game ever ended 83-72?
It has. 83-72 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was St Kilda beat Carlton on July 30, 1960; the latest was West Coast beat Essendon on June 19, 1998.
That makes 83-72 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 84-72 has happened 5 times and 83-73 has happened 11 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1960 and 1997.
Every 83-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-06-19 | West Coast over Essendon | 1998 | |
| 1997-04-20 | Port Adelaide over Adelaide | 1997 | |
| 1960-07-30 | St Kilda over Carlton | 1960 |