Has an AFL game ever ended 49-34?
It has. 49-34 has been a AFL final 9 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Carlton on June 1, 1901; the latest was West Coast beat North Melbourne on September 17, 2020.
That makes 49-34 the 43rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 50-34 has happened 2 times and 49-35 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 49 years, between 1971 and 2020.
Every 49-34 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-17 | West Coast over North Melbourne | 2020 | |
| 1971-07-17 | Fitzroy over Melbourne | 1971 | |
| 1952-06-14 | St Kilda over Footscray | 1952 | |
| 1911-05-06 | Collingwood over Fitzroy | 1911 | |
| 1909-09-04 | Carlton over Essendon | 1909 | |
| 1907-07-20 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1907 | |
| 1904-06-11 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 1904 | |
| 1904-06-04 | Geelong over St Kilda | 1904 | |
| 1901-06-01 | Melbourne over Carlton | 1901 |