Has an AFL game ever ended 82-48?
It has. 82-48 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Geelong on May 13, 1905; the latest was Melbourne beat Richmond on April 24, 2021.
That makes 82-48 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 83-48 has happened 3 times and 82-49 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 46 years, between 1907 and 1953.