49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl rematch will be nationally televised

49ers fans across the US will have the Chiefs-49ers Week 7 matchup on their TVs.

The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs don’t have a primetime slot when they face off Sunday in a Super Bowl rematch.

However, they will be playing on national television.

According to 506 Sports, the 49ers and Chiefs will be shown on FOX nationwide with Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady on the call.

It’s a bit of an odd scheduling quirk by the league since the 49ers and Chiefs are one of just three games in the afternoon window. It’s also by far the most intriguing game in that time slot.

Other afternoon kickoffs include the 2-4 Las Vegas Raiders at the 1-4 Los Angeles Rams, and the 1-5 Carolina Panthers visiting the 4-2 Washington Commanders.

Both of those games will be on CBS, primarily in the local markets for each team.

All of FOX’s games will air in the early window.

Overall Week 7 is an odd one from a scheduling standpoint.

There are only two teams on bye – the Bears and Cowboys – a 6:30am Pacific Time kickoff between the Patriots and Jaguars in London, and two Monday Night Football games.

All of that shook out where the 49ers and Chiefs will get the rare national TV treatment out of a 1:25pm Pacific Time kickoff.

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How to watch 49ers preseason finale vs. Raiders

There’s one last preseason game. Starters are playing for the 49ers. Non-starters have one last shot to make the roster. Don’t miss it.

The preseason finale has finally arrived.

Friday evening in Las Vegas marks the San Francisco 49ers last preseason bout of the year. They’ll take on the Las Vegas Raiders in one last dress rehearsal before things get real in Week 1 against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan has indicated the 49ers starters will play at Allegiant Stadium. Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce will not play his starters.

The 49ers have largely held the first-team out of preseason action so far, but they’ll play that group more extensively in their final tuneup of the preseason.

While the starters playing will be fun, it’s the players further down the depth chart worth watching closest. Fans shouldn’t tune out once the starters are pulled. With only one game left to show the coaching staff why they should make the team or be in a certain role on the roster, the non-starters should put on a show in Sin City.

Here’s all the game information, and how to watch/listen to the final week of the preseason:

Kickoff: 7:00pm Pacific Time

Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

TV: KPIX and CW Bay Area

Free streaming: FuboTV

Radio: KGO 810 AM

The 49ers also stream the game on their app, but it’s only available for viewers in the Bay Area market.

NFL+ also offers a paid streaming option.

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How to watch 49ers preseason national TV game vs. Saints

The 49ers are on national TV vs. the Saints! Here’s how to tap in:

Week 2 of the preseason was a little bit of a curveball for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints.

The two clubs were supposed to have three days of joint practices in Irvine, Calif. before facing off Sunday evening at Levi’s Stadium. The injury bug bit the 49ers so bad that they weren’t going to have enough players to properly execute a joint practice, so they cancelled those practices.

By cancelling those sessions, the 49ers changed their preseason calculus a bit. Typically they use the joint practices as a de facto game environment for the starters, then the reserves play in the preseason game.

Without the joint practices, the 49ers will now play their starters some against the Saints according to head coach Kyle Shanahan. That’s good news for FOX, which will be carrying the game nationally. It’s also good news for 49ers fans hoping to see more of what the team might actually look like when they line up for Week 1.

There will still be notable absences with left tackle Trent Williams and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk both sitting out while they await new contracts, but for the most part it should more closely resemble the 49ers than the team that took the field to open the preseason opener in Tennessee.

Here’s game information and how to watch/listen to Week 2 of the preseason:

Kickoff: 5:00pm Pacific Time

Location: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.

TV: FOX

Free streaming: FuboTV

Radio: KGO 810 AM

The 49ers also stream the game on their app, but it’s only available for viewers in the Bay Area market.

NFL+ also offers a paid streaming option.

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How to watch 49ers preseason opener vs. Titans

How to watch, stream and listen to the 49ers preseason opener.

The San Francisco 49ers will visit the Tennessee Titans on Saturday for their first preseason game on the 2024 slate.

It won’t look like the 49ers we’re used to seeing since a slew of starters will sit out the exhibition opener. With joint practices scheduled ahead of a Week 2 matchup against the Saints, we may not even see 49ers starters until Week 3.

Alas, there’s still plenty to look forward to Saturday evening at Nissan Stadium. There’ll be rookie performances worth keeping an eye on, position battles to monitor and new kickoff rules to take in.

There’s also the fact that there’s 49ers football being played again, a sign that we’re only a month out from the regular season opener on Monday, Sept. 9 against the New York Jets.

Before the regular season, the 49ers have to get through their preseason slate first.

Here’s a quick rundown of how to watch and listen to Saturday’s game in Nashville:

Kickoff: 4:00pm Pacific Time

Location: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn.

TV: KPIX 5

Free streaming: FuboTV

Radio: KGO 810 AM

The 49ers also stream the game on their app, but it’s only available for viewers in the Bay Area market.

NFL+ also offers a paid streaming option.

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49ers-Cardinals TV broadcast will be a little odd

The #49ers TV broadcast may look and sound a bit unusual.

There’ll be a strange quirk for attentive 49ers fans looking to watch their showdown with the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

San Francisco will face their NFC West rival at 1:05pm Pacific Time, but the game between the pair of NFC clubs will not be broadcast on FOX. For a long time NFC games were exclusively on FOX while the AFC lived on CBS. A new wrinkle in the NFL’s TV deals allows some flexibility among the conferences. Under the old system the visiting team would dictate where the game was broadcast.

Here’s a map of where the game will be broadcast, via 506 Sports. The 49ers and Cardinals game will show in the blue areas of the map below:

(via 506 Sports)

A 49ers-Cardinals game showing on CBS will certainly look and sound a little different than usual. The scorebug, graphics and music will all be different. So will the broadcasters with Ian Eagle and Charles Davis both on the call.

This will likely be the 49ers’ lone CBS game for the rest of the year with ABC and FOX slated to carry their next two contests. Their Week 18 matchup against the Rams is still TBD.

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