Has an AFL game ever ended 142-78?
It has. 142-78 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat St Kilda on August 7, 1982; the latest was Adelaide beat Geelong on April 12, 1996.
That makes 142-78 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 143-78 has happened 1 times and 142-79 has happened never. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009.