Has an AFL game ever ended 159-61?
It has. 159-61 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Fitzroy on August 10, 1974; the latest was Carlton beat Melbourne on June 3, 2000.
That makes 159-61 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 160-61 has happened never and 159-62 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1974 and 2000.