Has an AFL game ever ended 96-36?
It has. 96-36 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Melbourne on August 16, 1919; the latest was Hawthorn beat Carlton on May 29, 1971.
That makes 96-36 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-36 has happened never and 96-37 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1919 and 1971.