Has an AFL game ever ended 43-14?
It has. 43-14 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Carlton on August 27, 1904; the latest was Geelong beat Footscray on July 17, 1965.
That makes 43-14 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 44-14 has happened never and 43-15 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 61 years, between 1904 and 1965.