Has an AFL game ever ended 42-34?

Exactly once. On September 4, 2020, Brisbane Lions beat Collingwood 42-34, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 42-34 in league history.

Where 42-34 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 42-34 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 43-34 has happened 1 times and 42-35 has happened 3 times.

Every 42-34 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2020-09-04	Brisbane Lions over Collingwood	2020

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