Has an AFL game ever ended 143-87?
Exactly once. On July 26, 2013, Hawthorn beat Essendon 143-87, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 143-87 in league history.
That makes 143-87 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 144-87 has happened 4 times and 143-88 has happened 1 times.