Has an AFL game ever ended 196-88?
Exactly once. On May 30, 2004, St Kilda beat Carlton 196-88, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 196-88 in league history.
That makes 196-88 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 197-88 has happened never and 196-89 has happened never.