Has an AFL game ever ended 38-25?
Exactly once. On August 5, 1899, Essendon beat Melbourne 38-25, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 38-25 in league history.
That makes 38-25 the 3884th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 39-25 has happened 1 times and 38-26 has happened never.