Has an AFL game ever ended 174-85?
Exactly once. On August 19, 1984, Hawthorn beat Sydney 174-85, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 174-85 in league history.
That makes 174-85 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 175-85 has happened never and 174-86 has happened never.