Has a CFL game ever ended 40-30?

Exactly once. On July 12, 1987, Hamilton Tiger-Cats beat Edmonton Eskimos 40-30, and no CFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 40-30 in league history.

Where 40-30 sits among nearby CFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 40-30 the 850th most common final score out of 1,183 that have ever occurred in CFL. One point away, 41-30 has happened 4 times and 40-31 has happened 2 times.

Every 40-30 in CFL history

Date	Result	Season
1987-07-12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Edmonton Eskimos	1987

Open the CFL grid at 40-30