Has an AFL game ever ended 82-74?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 82-74 3 times. It first happened on April 19, 1952, when Sydney beat St Kilda, and most recently on August 27, 2005, when Adelaide beat West Coast.
That makes 82-74 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 83-74 has happened 5 times and 82-75 has happened 9 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1975 and 2005.