Has an AFL game ever ended 122-97?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 122-97 3 times. It first happened on June 17, 1946, when Hawthorn beat North Melbourne, and most recently on June 19, 1976, when St Kilda beat Hawthorn.
That makes 122-97 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 123-97 has happened 2 times and 122-98 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 28 years, between 1946 and 1974.