Has an AFL game ever ended 48-35?

It has. 48-35 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Melbourne beat St Kilda on July 23, 1910; the latest was Geelong beat Footscray on June 6, 1964.

Where 48-35 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 48-35 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 49-35 has happened 1 times and 48-36 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 49 years, between 1915 and 1964.

Every 48-35 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1964-06-06	Geelong over Footscray	1964
1915-07-10	Fitzroy over Essendon	1915
1914-05-02	St Kilda over Carlton	1914
1910-07-23	Melbourne over St Kilda	1910

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