Has an AFL game ever ended 174-81?
Exactly once. On May 20, 2000, Footscray beat Fremantle 174-81, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 174-81 in league history.
That makes 174-81 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 175-81 has happened never and 174-82 has happened never.