Has an AFL game ever ended 71-35?
It has. 71-35 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was St Kilda beat Melbourne on July 26, 1913; the latest was Hawthorn beat St Kilda on August 15, 1959.
That makes 71-35 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 72-35 has happened never and 71-36 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 46 years, between 1913 and 1959.