Has an AFL game ever ended 96-53?
Exactly once. On May 30, 1970, St Kilda beat Melbourne 96-53, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 96-53 in league history.
That makes 96-53 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-53 has happened 3 times and 96-54 has happened 3 times.