Has an AFL game ever ended 85-53?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 85-53 4 times. It first happened on April 27, 1957, when Footscray beat St Kilda, and most recently on July 27, 1991, when Collingwood beat St Kilda.
That makes 85-53 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-53 has happened 4 times and 85-54 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979.