Has an AFL game ever ended 97-43?
Exactly once. On May 3, 1997, Geelong beat Fremantle 97-43, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 97-43 in league history.
That makes 97-43 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-43 has happened 2 times and 97-44 has happened never.