Has an AFL game ever ended 85-42?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-42 4 times. It first happened on July 16, 1966, when St Kilda beat Melbourne, and most recently on April 24, 2024, when Melbourne beat Richmond.
That makes 85-42 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-42 has happened 2 times and 85-43 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1966 and 1997.