Has an AFL game ever ended 48-33?
It has. 48-33 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was St Kilda beat Essendon on May 24, 1919; the latest was Fremantle beat Sydney on July 5, 1997.
That makes 48-33 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 49-33 has happened 2 times and 48-34 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 78 years, between 1919 and 1997.