Has an AFL game ever ended 82-38?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 82-38 2 times. It first happened on August 4, 1928, when Essendon beat Geelong, and most recently on May 11, 1996, when Sydney beat Melbourne.
That makes 82-38 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 83-38 has happened 1 times and 82-39 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 68 years, between 1928 and 1996.