Has an AFL game ever ended 35-26?
It has. 35-26 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Essendon on September 26, 1908; the latest was Essendon beat Footscray on May 14, 1960.
That makes 35-26 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 36-26 has happened never and 35-27 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1908 and 1960.