Has an AFL game ever ended 144-79?
Exactly once. On August 3, 1946, Essendon beat Hawthorn 144-79, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 144-79 in league history.
That makes 144-79 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 145-79 has happened 1 times and 144-80 has happened never.