Has an AFL game ever ended 48-45?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 48-45 3 times. It first happened on May 10, 1919, when St Kilda beat Collingwood, and most recently on July 2, 1955, when Collingwood beat Melbourne.
That makes 48-45 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 49-45 has happened 4 times and 48-46 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1924 and 1955.
Every 48-45 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-07-02 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 1955 | |
| 1924-06-21 | Sydney over Geelong | 1924 | |
| 1919-05-10 | St Kilda over Collingwood | 1919 |