Has an AFL game ever ended 97-97?
It has. 97-97 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was St Kilda and Geelong drew on August 22, 2015; the latest was Hawthorn and GWS drew on July 8, 2017.
That makes 97-97 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 98-97 has happened 3 times and 97-98 has happened never.