Has an AFL game ever ended 97-41?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 97-41 3 times. It first happened on July 2, 1927, when Sydney beat Hawthorn, and most recently on August 11, 1979, when Footscray beat Richmond.
That makes 97-41 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-41 has happened 2 times and 97-42 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1946 and 1979.