Has an AFL game ever ended 59-42?
It has. 59-42 has been a AFL final 2 times in 17,053 games. The first was Essendon beat Geelong on June 3, 1911; the latest was Richmond beat West Coast on July 25, 2014.
That makes 59-42 the 2496th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-42 has happened never and 59-43 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 103 years, between 1911 and 2014.
Every 59-42 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | Richmond over West Coast | 2014 | |
| 1911-06-03 | Essendon over Geelong | 1911 |