Has an AFL game ever ended 85-43?
It has. 85-43 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Carlton on August 3, 1957; the latest was Carlton beat Melbourne on June 29, 1968.
That makes 85-43 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-43 has happened 2 times and 85-44 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979.