Has an AFL game ever ended 84-72?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 84-72 5 times. It first happened on July 26, 1924, when Collingwood beat Carlton, and most recently on April 18, 2021, when Fremantle beat Adelaide.
That makes 84-72 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 85-72 has happened 2 times and 84-73 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 43 years, between 1978 and 2021.