Has an AFL game ever ended 117-88?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 117-88 2 times. It first happened on May 28, 1938, when Richmond beat Geelong, and most recently on June 15, 1985, when Hawthorn beat Geelong.
That makes 117-88 the 2496th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 118-88 has happened 5 times and 117-89 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 47 years, between 1938 and 1985.