Has an AFL game ever ended 86-72?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 86-72 3 times. It first happened on May 3, 1930, when Fitzroy beat Footscray, and most recently on April 15, 1994, when Sydney beat Richmond.
That makes 86-72 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 87-72 has happened 3 times and 86-73 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 63 years, between 1931 and 1994.