Has an AFL game ever ended 72-41?
It has. 72-41 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat St Kilda on June 27, 1908; the latest was Hawthorn beat Footscray on August 21, 1965.
That makes 72-41 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-41 has happened 1 times and 72-42 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 39 years, between 1908 and 1947.