Has an AFL game ever ended 47-36?
It has. 47-36 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Essendon on July 26, 1902; the latest was Fitzroy beat Richmond on May 14, 1960.
That makes 47-36 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 48-36 has happened 2 times and 47-37 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1927 and 1960.