Has an AFL game ever ended 97-72?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 97-72 6 times. It first happened on May 20, 1922, when Fitzroy beat Geelong, and most recently on July 30, 2026, when Geelong beat Collingwood.
That makes 97-72 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-72 has happened 6 times and 97-73 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 60 years, between 1966 and 2026.