Has an AFL game ever ended 173-35?
Exactly once. On July 24, 2015, Hawthorn beat Carlton 173-35, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 173-35 in league history.
That makes 173-35 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 174-35 has happened never and 173-36 has happened never.