Has an AFL game ever ended 96-69?
It has. 96-69 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat Brisbane Lions on April 15, 2007; the latest was GWS beat Essendon on August 6, 2022.
That makes 96-69 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 97-69 has happened 6 times and 96-70 has happened 4 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.