Has an AFL game ever ended 79-39?
It has. 79-39 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Geelong on July 10, 1915; the latest was Essendon beat Fitzroy on May 18, 1946.
That makes 79-39 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-39 has happened never and 79-40 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1915 and 1946.