Has a CFL game ever ended 17-8?
It has. 17-8 has been a CFL final 4 times in 4,946 games. The first was Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 22, 1962; the latest was Montreal Alouettes beat Calgary Stampeders on October 30, 2016.
That makes 17-8 the 387th most common final score out of 1,183 that have ever occurred in CFL. One point away, 18-8 has happened 4 times and 17-9 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979. At one point the score disappeared for 49 years, between 1967 and 2016.
Every 17-8 in CFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-30 | Montreal Alouettes over Calgary Stampeders | 2016 | |
| 1967-10-01 | Ottawa Rough Riders over Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-01 | Ottawa Rough Riders over Toronto Argonauts | 1966 | |
| 1962-10-22 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1962 |