Has an AFL game ever ended 79-74?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 79-74 7 times. It first happened on June 17, 1922, when Richmond beat Sydney, and most recently on August 13, 2022, when Melbourne beat Carlton.
That makes 79-74 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 80-74 has happened 4 times and 79-75 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 43 years, between 1975 and 2018.