Has an AFL game ever ended 82-26?
It has. 82-26 has been a AFL final 2 times in 17,051 games. The first was Essendon beat Sydney on May 5, 1900; the latest was Carlton beat Footscray on September 13, 1930.
That makes 82-26 the 2495th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 83-26 has happened 1 times and 82-27 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1900 and 1930.