Has an AFL game ever ended 98-72?
It has. 98-72 has been a AFL final 6 times in 17,056 games. The first was Richmond beat Fitzroy on July 13, 1946; the latest was Geelong beat Adelaide on May 6, 2023.
That makes 98-72 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-72 has happened 6 times and 98-73 has happened 10 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039. At one point the score disappeared for 68 years, between 1946 and 2014.
Every 98-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-06 | Geelong over Adelaide | 2023 | |
| 2021-07-18 | Sydney over GWS | 2021 | |
| 2018-08-26 | West Coast over Brisbane Lions | 2018 | |
| 2016-05-13 | Geelong over Adelaide | 2016 | |
| 2014-08-24 | Richmond over St Kilda | 2014 | |
| 1946-07-13 | Richmond over Fitzroy | 1946 |
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