Has an AFL game ever ended 88-84?
It has. 88-84 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Essendon on July 12, 1980; the latest was Richmond beat Footscray on April 10, 2005.
That makes 88-84 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-84 has happened 6 times and 88-85 has happened 4 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009.