Has an AFL game ever ended 116-72?
Exactly once. On May 8, 2009, Essendon beat Hawthorn 116-72, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 116-72 in league history.
That makes 116-72 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 117-72 has happened 7 times and 116-73 has happened 5 times.