Has an AFL game ever ended 79-62?
It has. 79-62 has been a AFL final 6 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Richmond on May 28, 1921; the latest was Sydney beat St Kilda on May 9, 1970.
That makes 79-62 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-62 has happened 6 times and 79-63 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1924 and 1958.