Has an AFL game ever ended 88-72?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 88-72 10 times. It first happened on July 21, 1934, when St Kilda beat Hawthorn, and most recently on April 26, 2019, when Port Adelaide beat North Melbourne.
That makes 88-72 the 22nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-72 has happened 3 times and 88-73 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1971 and 2003.
Every 88-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-26 | Port Adelaide over North Melbourne | 2019 | |
| 2019-03-30 | Port Adelaide over Carlton | 2019 | |
| 2007-04-07 | Sydney over Richmond | 2007 | |
| 2003-06-14 | Fremantle over Geelong | 2003 | |
| 1971-07-03 | Carlton over Melbourne | 1971 | |
| 1968-04-15 | North Melbourne over Footscray | 1968 | |
| 1968-04-15 | Richmond over Collingwood | 1968 | |
| 1961-08-19 | Carlton over Collingwood | 1961 | |
| 1953-08-15 | Collingwood over Hawthorn | 1953 | |
| 1934-07-21 | St Kilda over Hawthorn | 1934 |