Has an AFL game ever ended 49-44?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 49-44 2 times. It first happened on June 3, 1918, when St Kilda beat Sydney, and most recently on June 21, 1919, when Sydney beat Carlton.
That makes 49-44 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 50-44 has happened 1 times and 49-45 has happened 4 times.