Has an AFL game ever ended 86-83?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 86-83 4 times. It first happened on May 20, 1939, when Hawthorn beat Carlton, and most recently on August 11, 1973, when Geelong beat St Kilda.
That makes 86-83 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 87-83 has happened 12 times and 86-84 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 28 years, between 1944 and 1972.