Has an AFL game ever ended 86-79?
It has. 86-79 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,053 games. The first was Carlton beat West Coast on June 27, 1997; the latest was Geelong beat Hawthorn on April 21, 2025.
That makes 86-79 the 1599th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 87-79 has happened 3 times and 86-80 has happened 3 times.