Has an AFL game ever ended 88-49?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 88-49 3 times. It first happened on August 19, 1939, when Richmond beat Carlton, and most recently on June 14, 2020, when St Kilda beat Footscray.
That makes 88-49 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-49 has happened 3 times and 88-50 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 77 years, between 1939 and 2016.