Has a CFL game ever ended 40-3?
Yes. CFL has seen a final score of 40-3 4 times. It first happened on August 16, 1978, when Edmonton Eskimos beat Toronto Argonauts, and most recently on September 27, 2025, when Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
That makes 40-3 the 387th most common final score out of 1,183 that have ever occurred in CFL. One point away, 41-3 has happened 2 times and 40-4 has happened never. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1978 and 2010.
Every 40-3 in CFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-27 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2025 | |
| 2011-10-01 | Calgary Stampeders over Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-22 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Montreal Alouettes | 2010 | |
| 1978-08-16 | Edmonton Eskimos over Toronto Argonauts | 1978 |