Has an AFL game ever ended 88-71?
It has. 88-71 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat Hawthorn on August 31, 1929; the latest was Adelaide beat Fremantle on April 19, 2008.
That makes 88-71 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-71 has happened 6 times and 88-72 has happened 10 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1966 and 2003.
Every 88-71 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-19 | Adelaide over Fremantle | 2008 | |
| 2008-04-05 | Sydney over Brisbane Lions | 2008 | |
| 2003-07-26 | Essendon over Melbourne | 2003 | |
| 1966-08-27 | North Melbourne over Sydney | 1966 | |
| 1955-06-04 | Fitzroy over North Melbourne | 1955 | |
| 1933-06-03 | Richmond over Geelong | 1933 | |
| 1929-08-31 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 1929 |