Has an AFL game ever ended 72-49?
It has. 72-49 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat St Kilda on July 5, 1902; the latest was Sydney beat Hawthorn on August 17, 1996.
That makes 72-49 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-49 has happened never and 72-50 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 77 years, between 1919 and 1996.