Has an AFL game ever ended 74-45?
It has. 74-45 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Sydney on June 27, 1914; the latest was Richmond beat Collingwood on October 4, 1919.
That makes 74-45 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 75-45 has happened 2 times and 74-46 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.