Has an AFL game ever ended 68-59?
It has. 68-59 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was University beat Essendon on May 22, 1909; the latest was Footscray beat Richmond on June 13, 1953.
That makes 68-59 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 69-59 has happened 3 times and 68-60 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1912 and 1953.