Has an AFL game ever ended 96-54?
It has. 96-54 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat St Kilda on July 19, 1941; the latest was Geelong beat Richmond on June 29, 2002.
That makes 96-54 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-54 has happened 5 times and 96-55 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 48 years, between 1954 and 2002.