Has an AFL game ever ended 58-39?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 58-39 3 times. It first happened on July 13, 1918, when Essendon beat Geelong, and most recently on June 22, 1963, when Sydney beat Fitzroy.
That makes 58-39 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 59-39 has happened 1 times and 58-40 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 43 years, between 1920 and 1963.