Has an AFL game ever ended 96-45?
It has. 96-45 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Richmond beat Hawthorn on May 28, 1932; the latest was Fitzroy beat Hawthorn on July 26, 1986.
That makes 96-45 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-45 has happened 1 times and 96-46 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 54 years, between 1932 and 1986.