Has an AFL game ever ended 153-97?
Exactly once. On March 26, 1994, Hawthorn beat St Kilda 153-97, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 153-97 in league history.
That makes 153-97 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 154-97 has happened never and 153-98 has happened never.