Has an AFL game ever ended 72-44?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 72-44 3 times. It first happened on May 25, 1918, when Fitzroy beat Richmond, and most recently on May 19, 2007, when Hawthorn beat St Kilda.
That makes 72-44 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-44 has happened 1 times and 72-45 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 85 years, between 1918 and 2003.