Has an AFL game ever ended 157-96?
Exactly once. On April 26, 1958, Footscray beat Sydney 157-96, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 157-96 in league history.
That makes 157-96 the 3883rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 158-96 has happened never and 157-97 has happened 1 times.