Has an AFL game ever ended 44-27?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 44-27 3 times. It first happened on May 8, 1897, when Melbourne beat Sydney, and most recently on July 23, 1904, when Fitzroy beat Essendon.
That makes 44-27 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 45-27 has happened never and 44-28 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.