Has an AFL game ever ended 35-28?
It has. 35-28 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Fitzroy on July 24, 1897; the latest was St Kilda beat Sydney on July 14, 1906.
That makes 35-28 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 36-28 has happened never and 35-29 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.