Has an AFL game ever ended 88-44?
It has. 88-44 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat Collingwood on July 14, 1906; the latest was Carlton beat Hawthorn on April 22, 1967.
That makes 88-44 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-44 has happened 3 times and 88-45 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 44 years, between 1906 and 1950.