Has an AFL game ever ended 87-43?
It has. 87-43 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Fitzroy on July 30, 1949; the latest was Geelong beat Richmond on August 1, 1959.
That makes 87-43 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-43 has happened 2 times and 87-44 has happened never.