Has a CFL game ever ended 20-19?
It has. 20-19 has been a CFL final 16 times in 4,946 games. The first was Edmonton Eskimos beat BC Lions on August 4, 1971; the latest was Toronto Argonauts beat Saskatchewan Roughriders on August 22, 2024.
That makes 20-19 the 19th most common final score out of 1,183 that have ever occurred in CFL. One point away, 21-19 has happened 9 times and 20-20 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1996 and 2022.
Every 20-19 in CFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-22 | Toronto Argonauts over Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2024 | |
| 2022-06-16 | Toronto Argonauts over Montreal Alouettes | 2022 | |
| 1996-09-06 | Edmonton Eskimos over Calgary Stampeders | 1996 | |
| 1995-08-26 | Shreveport Pirates over BC Lions | 1995 | |
| 1989-09-22 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-06 | Edmonton Eskimos over Calgary Stampeders | 1988 | |
| 1986-11-07 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Ottawa Rough Riders | 1986 | |
| 1983-10-23 | Ottawa Rough Riders over Toronto Argonauts | 1983 | |
| 1982-08-28 | BC Lions over Toronto Argonauts | 1982 | |
| 1980-09-14 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Ottawa Rough Riders | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-07 | Ottawa Rough Riders over Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-01 | Saskatchewan Roughriders over Calgary Stampeders | 1978 | |
| 1977-09-25 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Montreal Alouettes | 1977 | |
| 1977-08-30 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1977 | |
| 1973-10-21 | Ottawa Rough Riders over Toronto Argonauts | 1973 | |
| 1971-08-04 | Edmonton Eskimos over BC Lions | 1971 |