Has an AFL game ever ended 61-61?
It has. 61-61 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton and Sydney drew on May 3, 1913; the latest was Carlton and Richmond drew on September 16, 1972.
That makes 61-61 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 62-61 has happened 4 times and 61-62 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 58 years, between 1914 and 1972.