Has an AFL game ever ended 86-48?
It has. 86-48 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat St Kilda on May 9, 1908; the latest was Fitzroy beat Melbourne on May 1, 1948.
That makes 86-48 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 87-48 has happened 3 times and 86-49 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1908 and 1948.