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Has an NFL game ever ended 40-3?

Yes. NFL has seen a final score of 40-3 5 times. It first happened on December 8, 1968, when Kansas City Chiefs beat San Diego Chargers, and most recently on November 20, 2022, when Dallas Cowboys beat Minnesota Vikings.

Where 40-3 sits among nearby NFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 40-3 the 514th most common final score out of 1,090 that have ever occurred in NFL. One point away, 41-3 has happened 11 times and 40-4 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1994 and 2020.

Every 40-3 in NFL history

DateResultSeason
2022-11-20Dallas Cowboys over Minnesota Vikings2022
2020-12-13Seattle Seahawks over New York Jets2020
1994-12-11Green Bay Packers over Chicago Bears1994
1973-09-24Dallas Cowboys over New Orleans Saints1973
1968-12-08Kansas City Chiefs over San Diego Chargers1968

Open the NFL grid at 40-3