Has an AFL game ever ended 178-59?
Exactly once. On July 15, 2012, Adelaide beat GWS 178-59, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 178-59 in league history.
That makes 178-59 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 179-59 has happened never and 178-60 has happened never.