Has an AFL game ever ended 96-71?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 96-71 4 times. It first happened on July 13, 1929, when Geelong beat Fitzroy, and most recently on June 26, 2010, when Collingwood beat Sydney.

Where 96-71 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 96-71 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-71 has happened 5 times and 96-72 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1976 and 2010.

Every 96-71 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2010-06-26	Collingwood over Sydney	2010
1976-08-28	Geelong over Hawthorn	1976
1959-05-09	Geelong over Richmond	1959
1929-07-13	Geelong over Fitzroy	1929

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