Has an AFL game ever ended 55-38?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 55-38 2 times. It first happened on July 11, 1925, when Melbourne beat Essendon, and most recently on July 21, 1951, when Carlton beat Hawthorn.
That makes 55-38 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 56-38 has happened never and 55-39 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1925 and 1951.