Has an AFL game ever ended 128-72?
It has. 128-72 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Geelong on August 2, 1941; the latest was Footscray beat Carlton on May 3, 1992.
That makes 128-72 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 129-72 has happened 2 times and 128-73 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 51 years, between 1941 and 1992.