Has an AFL game ever ended 142-97?
Exactly once. On August 15, 1987, Hawthorn beat Sydney 142-97, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 142-97 in league history.
That makes 142-97 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 143-97 has happened 1 times and 142-98 has happened 1 times.