Has an AFL game ever ended 85-73?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-73 4 times. It first happened on July 3, 1915, when Melbourne beat Fitzroy, and most recently on May 25, 2019, when West Coast beat Adelaide.
That makes 85-73 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-73 has happened 5 times and 85-74 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 47 years, between 1915 and 1962.
Every 85-73 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-25 | West Coast over Adelaide | 2019 | |
| 1980-08-09 | Sydney over North Melbourne | 1980 | |
| 1962-04-28 | Sydney over St Kilda | 1962 | |
| 1915-07-03 | Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1915 |