Scorigami

SCORIGAMI: Toronto Argonauts 40, Ottawa Redblacks 39 is the first 40-39 game in CFL history

For the first time ever, CFL produced a 40-39 final. Toronto Argonauts beat Ottawa Redblacks on October 16, 2026, filling a cell that had stayed empty across 4,969 games.

The league's previous scorigami was 48-29, BC Lions over Montreal Alouettes on September 12, 2026, 34 days earlier. This is CFL's 7th new final score of the 2026 season, and the grid now holds 49.7 percent of every realistic final score.

Its closest neighbors show how tight the score space had become: 41-39 had happened 1 time and 40-40 had still never happened. It lands on the high-scoring frontier of the grid, the sparse territory that only fills in on the rare night the points pile up.