Has an AFL game ever ended 49-45?
It has. 49-45 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Sydney on July 31, 1897; the latest was Melbourne beat St Kilda on July 23, 1960.
That makes 49-45 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 50-45 has happened 3 times and 49-46 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 53 years, between 1901 and 1954.