Has an AFL game ever ended 97-73?
It has. 97-73 has been a AFL final 6 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Sydney on July 4, 1953; the latest was Collingwood beat Port Adelaide on April 21, 2012.
That makes 97-73 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-73 has happened 9 times and 97-74 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1964 and 1996.
Every 97-73 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-21 | Collingwood over Port Adelaide | 2012 | |
| 2003-08-02 | Collingwood over Geelong | 2003 | |
| 1996-05-19 | Adelaide over St Kilda | 1996 | |
| 1964-04-18 | Hawthorn over Sydney | 1964 | |
| 1963-05-11 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 1963 | |
| 1953-07-04 | Carlton over Sydney | 1953 |