Has an AFL game ever ended 54-48?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 54-48 2 times. It first happened on July 24, 1915, when Fitzroy beat Sydney, and most recently on August 19, 1950, when St Kilda beat Geelong.
That makes 54-48 the 2496th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 55-48 has happened 1 times and 54-49 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1915 and 1950.