Has an AFL game ever ended 48-27?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 48-27 3 times. It first happened on May 14, 1898, when Collingwood beat Geelong, and most recently on May 12, 1956, when Hawthorn beat St Kilda.
That makes 48-27 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 49-27 has happened never and 48-28 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 54 years, between 1902 and 1956.