Has an AFL game ever ended 85-72?
It has. 85-72 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Essendon on April 21, 1928; the latest was GWS beat Hawthorn on July 8, 2023.
That makes 85-72 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-72 has happened 3 times and 85-73 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 95 years, between 1928 and 2023.