Has an AFL game ever ended 175-98?
Exactly once. On April 9, 1977, Sydney beat Essendon 175-98, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 175-98 in league history.
That makes 175-98 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 176-98 has happened never and 175-99 has happened never.