Has an AFL game ever ended 88-75?
It has. 88-75 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Richmond beat Carlton on June 5, 1948; the latest was Richmond beat Sydney on July 6, 2023.
That makes 88-75 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-75 has happened 5 times and 88-76 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 27 years, between 1948 and 1975.