Has an AFL game ever ended 99-72?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 99-72 6 times. It first happened on May 3, 1913, when Melbourne beat University, and most recently on June 8, 2019, when North Melbourne beat Gold Coast.
That makes 99-72 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 100-72 has happened 5 times and 99-73 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 47 years, between 1972 and 2019.
Every 99-72 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-08 | North Melbourne over Gold Coast | 2019 | |
| 1972-05-20 | Carlton over St Kilda | 1972 | |
| 1940-04-27 | Carlton over Geelong | 1940 | |
| 1929-08-10 | Richmond over Footscray | 1929 | |
| 1927-05-07 | Carlton over Fitzroy | 1927 | |
| 1913-05-03 | Melbourne over University | 1913 |