Has an AFL game ever ended 89-48?
Exactly once. On May 29, 1943, Footscray beat St Kilda 89-48, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 89-48 in league history.
That makes 89-48 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 90-48 has happened 3 times and 89-49 has happened 3 times.