Has an AFL game ever ended 85-40?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-40 2 times. It first happened on May 11, 1985, when Geelong beat Melbourne, and most recently on May 20, 2023, when Footscray beat Adelaide.
That makes 85-40 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-40 has happened 1 times and 85-41 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 38 years, between 1985 and 2023.