Has an AFL game ever ended 87-71?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 87-71 12 times. It first happened on May 16, 1914, when Geelong beat University, and most recently on July 11, 2021, when Collingwood beat Richmond.
That makes 87-71 the 3rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-71 has happened 7 times and 87-72 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1975 and 2011.
Every 87-71 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-11 | Collingwood over Richmond | 2021 | |
| 2021-05-29 | Essendon over West Coast | 2021 | |
| 2020-08-27 | Essendon over Hawthorn | 2020 | |
| 2019-04-07 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 2019 | |
| 2011-04-29 | Carlton over Sydney | 2011 | |
| 1975-05-03 | North Melbourne over Geelong | 1975 | |
| 1975-04-19 | St Kilda over Sydney | 1975 | |
| 1963-06-01 | Essendon over Collingwood | 1963 | |
| 1948-07-10 | Geelong over Fitzroy | 1948 | |
| 1931-05-30 | Melbourne over Footscray | 1931 | |
| 1923-08-25 | Geelong over St Kilda | 1923 | |
| 1914-05-16 | Geelong over University | 1914 |