Has an AFL game ever ended 43-38?
It has. 43-38 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Sydney beat Melbourne on August 13, 1898; the latest was Footscray beat Hawthorn on August 17, 1985.
That makes 43-38 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 44-38 has happened 2 times and 43-39 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 66 years, between 1919 and 1985.
Every 43-38 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-08-17 | Footscray over Hawthorn | 1985 | |
| 1919-08-23 | Sydney over Richmond | 1919 | |
| 1898-08-13 | Sydney over Melbourne | 1898 |
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