Has an AFL game ever ended 47-37?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 47-37 3 times. It first happened on May 23, 1903, when Geelong beat Sydney, and most recently on July 12, 1919, when St Kilda beat Melbourne.
That makes 47-37 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 48-37 has happened 1 times and 47-38 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.