Has an AFL game ever ended 85-71?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-71 4 times. It first happened on July 25, 1959, when St Kilda beat Essendon, and most recently on August 14, 2021, when Geelong beat St Kilda.
That makes 85-71 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-71 has happened 6 times and 85-72 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1959 and 1995.