Has an AFL game ever ended 85-74?
It has. 85-74 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat St Kilda on July 2, 1932; the latest was Richmond beat Sydney on June 28, 1958.
That makes 85-74 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-74 has happened 8 times and 85-75 has happened 8 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979.