Has an AFL game ever ended 85-61?
It has. 85-61 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Carlton on May 22, 1909; the latest was Hawthorn beat Geelong on July 21, 2019.
That makes 85-61 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-61 has happened 8 times and 85-62 has happened 8 times. At one point the score disappeared for 55 years, between 1909 and 1964.