Has an AFL game ever ended 78-60?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 78-60 4 times. It first happened on July 3, 1920, when Fitzroy beat Richmond, and most recently on June 23, 1995, when Essendon beat Hawthorn.
That makes 78-60 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-60 has happened 7 times and 78-61 has happened 5 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1920 and 1949. At one point the score disappeared for 68 years, between 1927 and 1995.