Has an AFL game ever ended 115-98?
It has. 115-98 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Fitzroy on August 15, 1942; the latest was Carlton beat Richmond on April 1, 2007.
That makes 115-98 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 116-98 has happened 5 times and 115-99 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1942 and 1975.