Has an AFL game ever ended 87-45?
It has. 87-45 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Essendon on July 17, 1915; the latest was Brisbane Lions beat Essendon on May 13, 2023.
That makes 87-45 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-45 has happened 1 times and 87-46 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 70 years, between 1953 and 2023.