Has an AFL game ever ended 131-74?
It has. 131-74 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Footscray beat Brisbane Lions on August 29, 1992; the latest was Melbourne beat Richmond on May 27, 2005.
That makes 131-74 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 132-74 has happened 2 times and 131-75 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009.