Has an AFL game ever ended 156-74?
Exactly once. On May 19, 1979, Essendon beat Melbourne 156-74, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 156-74 in league history.
That makes 156-74 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 157-74 has happened never and 156-75 has happened 2 times.