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Has a CFL game ever ended 23-20?

Yes. CFL has seen a final score of 23-20 29 times. It first happened on July 25, 1974, when BC Lions beat Calgary Stampeders, and most recently on July 12, 2025, when Hamilton Tiger-Cats beat Ottawa Redblacks.

Where 23-20 sits among nearby CFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 23-20 the 2nd most common final score out of 1,183 that have ever occurred in CFL. One point away, 24-20 has happened 15 times and 23-21 has happened 23 times.

Every 23-20 in CFL history

DateResultSeason
2025-07-12Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Ottawa Redblacks2025
2024-06-14Montreal Alouettes over Edmonton Elks2024
2023-09-15Toronto Argonauts over Montreal Alouettes2023
2022-10-08Toronto Argonauts over BC Lions2022
2021-11-06Toronto Argonauts over Ottawa Redblacks2021
2021-10-02Montreal Alouettes over Hamilton Tiger-Cats2021
2021-08-07Toronto Argonauts over Calgary Stampeders2021
2018-09-03Calgary Stampeders over Edmonton Elks2018
2016-08-06Ottawa Redblacks over Edmonton Elks2016
2016-07-31Toronto Argonauts over Ottawa Redblacks2016
2015-10-02Calgary Stampeders over Hamilton Tiger-Cats2015
2012-07-14Saskatchewan Roughriders over BC Lions2012
2011-11-04Edmonton Eskimos over Saskatchewan Roughriders2011
2010-07-31Calgary Stampeders over Winnipeg Blue Bombers2010
2009-09-26Saskatchewan Roughriders over Edmonton Eskimos2009
2009-08-28Calgary Stampeders over Toronto Argonauts2009
2006-09-29Montreal Alouettes over Winnipeg Blue Bombers2006
2006-09-24Saskatchewan Roughriders over BC Lions2006
2003-06-16Montreal Alouettes over Calgary Stampeders2003
1999-08-20Toronto Argonauts over Montreal Alouettes1999
1995-09-23Saskatchewan Roughriders over Toronto Argonauts1995
1995-07-19Memphis Mad Dogs over Ottawa Rough Riders1995
1990-08-02Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Edmonton Eskimos1990
1987-10-11Saskatchewan Roughriders over Hamilton Tiger-Cats1987
1987-08-07Toronto Argonauts over Edmonton Eskimos1987
1985-11-03Montreal Concordes over Edmonton Eskimos1985
1984-08-31Toronto Argonauts over Ottawa Rough Riders1984
1975-09-07Montreal Alouettes over Toronto Argonauts1975
1974-07-25BC Lions over Calgary Stampeders1974

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