Has an AFL game ever ended 112-97?
It has. 112-97 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Melbourne on August 17, 1985; the latest was Adelaide beat Geelong on July 12, 2018.
That makes 112-97 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 113-97 has happened 3 times and 112-98 has happened 4 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009.