Has an AFL game ever ended 176-88?
Exactly once. On July 30, 2005, St Kilda beat Melbourne 176-88, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 176-88 in league history.
That makes 176-88 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 177-88 has happened never and 176-89 has happened never.