Has an AFL game ever ended 87-70?
It has. 87-70 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat University on August 2, 1913; the latest was Hawthorn beat Carlton on September 11, 1976.
That makes 87-70 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-70 has happened 2 times and 87-71 has happened 12 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1913 and 1953.
Every 87-70 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-09-11 | Hawthorn over Carlton | 1976 | Playoff |
| 1960-08-06 | Geelong over St Kilda | 1960 | |
| 1953-08-08 | Collingwood over Carlton | 1953 | |
| 1913-08-02 | Collingwood over University | 1913 |