Has an AFL game ever ended 35-23?

Exactly once. On July 9, 1898, Collingwood beat Fitzroy 35-23, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 35-23 in league history.

Where 35-23 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 35-23 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 36-23 has happened 1 times and 35-24 has happened 2 times.

Every 35-23 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1898-07-09	Collingwood over Fitzroy	1898

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