Has an AFL game ever ended 96-51?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 96-51 2 times. It first happened on September 6, 1919, when Geelong beat Melbourne, and most recently on April 27, 1974, when Footscray beat Sydney.
That makes 96-51 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-51 has happened 1 times and 96-52 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 55 years, between 1919 and 1974.