Has an AFL game ever ended 35-29?
Exactly once. On August 21, 1897, Essendon beat Geelong 35-29, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 35-29 in league history.
That makes 35-29 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 36-29 has happened never and 35-30 has happened 1 times.