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Has a CFL game ever ended 42-20?

It has. 42-20 has been a CFL final 9 times in 4,946 games. The first was Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat BC Lions on August 13, 1959; the latest was Saskatchewan Roughriders beat Ottawa Redblacks on August 7, 2026.

Where 42-20 sits among nearby CFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 42-20 the 108th most common final score out of 1,183 that have ever occurred in CFL. One point away, 43-20 has happened 1 times and 42-21 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 27 years, between 1987 and 2014.

Every 42-20 in CFL history

DateResultSeason
2026-08-07Saskatchewan Roughriders over Ottawa Redblacks2026
2024-10-18Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Calgary Stampeders2024
2016-06-23Hamilton Tiger-Cats over Toronto Argonauts2016
2014-10-03Ottawa Redblacks over Winnipeg Blue Bombers2014
1987-09-12Edmonton Eskimos over Toronto Argonauts1987
1986-10-25Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Edmonton Eskimos1986
1984-07-28Winnipeg Blue Bombers over Hamilton Tiger-Cats1984
1969-08-23Toronto Argonauts over BC Lions1969
1959-08-13Winnipeg Blue Bombers over BC Lions1959

Open the CFL grid at 42-20