San Francisco 49ers’ Schedule 2024-2025: Dates, Times, TV Channels, Strength of Schedule, and More

The San Francisco 49ers established themselves as a current model of consistency in today’s NFL, proven by three consecutive trips to the NFC Championship Game. But they still have a title dry spell that hasn’t ended.

Even during this impressive streak of NFC title contest appearances, the 49ers enter 2024 coming off a loss in Super Bowl 58. In forging ahead, let’s take a look at the NFC champs’ schedule for 2024 — including where their strength of schedule (SOS) ranks, our record prediction, and preview the biggest 49ers’ matchups of the season.

San Francisco 49ers Schedule and Opponents

The complete 2024 NFL schedule was released on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, and we have it in the table below (which is best viewed in landscape mode).

49ers’ Strength of Schedule

One look at the list of teams the 49ers will face already points to San Francisco facing a non-easy slate of games. But is it the toughest schedule ahead of 2024?

Based on PFN’s in-house metric, the 49ers fortunately won’t have the NFL’s hardest schedule. However, the Niners do have the sixth-hardest schedule in the league.

San Francisco has eight games against playoff teams from a year ago. These matchups are split in half as well — with four at Levi’s Stadium and the other half outside of the Bay Area. Some of their toughest games, fortunately, are in Santa Clara, Calif., … especially that NFC title game rematch against the Lions and Super Bowl reunion with the Chiefs.

49ers Record Prediction: 12-5

The 49ers’ win total for 2024 is set at 11.5 by DraftKings Sportsbook even with the fierce gauntlet of teams that awaits them.

San Francisco, though, returns most of its core players from its NFC title run as well as from the previous two conference championship appearances.

Names like Brock Purdy, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey, Brandon Aiyuk, and even aging veterans like Trent Williams are back.

The #49ers are the 1st team in #NFL history to have a RB, 2 WRs  and a TE each finish with 1,000+ yards from scrimmage in the same season:

Christian McCaffrey – 2,023
Brandon Aiyuk – 1,342
Deebo Samuel – 1,117
George Kittle – 1,022 pic.twitter.com/0k4x4weX7C

— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) February 10, 2024

The defense gets one more year of splash 2022 free agent signing Javon Hargrave, returns Nick Bosa and Fred Warner, and welcomes back a healthier Talanoa Hufanga in the secondary.

The 49ers have built a roster capable of hitting the 11-win mark or higher under general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan. But a major key for the Niners has been their ability to avoid a multitude of star player season-ending injuries during this run.

MORE: 2024 NFL General Manager Rankings: Where Does John Lynch Rank?

A 49ers team at full strength is one of the more dangerous teams in the league as recent seasons suggest. And once again, the Niners are anticipated to have their name mentioned in early Super Bowl 59 projections.

Prime-Time Games

• Week 1: Jets at 49ers (MNF)
• Week 6: 49ers at Seahawks (TNF)
• Week 8: Cowboys at 49ers (SNF)
• Week 13: 49ers at Bills (SNF)
• Week 15: Rams at 49ers (TNF)
• Week 17: Lions at 49ers (MNF)

This season, the 49ers have six prime-time games — the maximum allowed under NFL rules. After advancing to the Super Bowl and bringing back their star-studded core, it makes sense that the Niners received plenty of prime-time love.

When Is San Francisco’s Bye Week?

The 49ers’ bye is in Week 9. They will have two weeks to prepare for their Week 10 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Biggest Matchups of the Year

San Francisco once again has a schedule loaded with intriguing games. But fans will no doubt want to sell out Levi’s Stadium once ticket prices get announced for the Chiefs game.

In addition to the Kansas City game, San Francisco has a number of games with mass appeal. The Lions home game will be fun, as it’s a rematch of the NFC Championship Game. The Jets home game is likely to have a lot of significance. Along with longtime NFC rival Aaron Rodgers returning to Levi’s Stadium, this time as a Jet, former defensive coordinator Robert Saleh makes his first return to the Bay.

We also can’t ignore the reignited 49ers-Cowboys rivalry. Dallas will aim to redeem itself from the 42-10 debacle at the hands of the Niners last season when returning to Levi’s. As for the NFC West slate of games, the Rams were the only team in the division to beat the Niners — which was in a meaningless Week 18 game with both teams already having secured a playoff berth. Both are predicted to be in the fold for the division title once again.

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The road contests feature two eye-grabbing interconference showdowns with the Bills and Dolphins. Both are expected to once again be in the mix for the AFC East title.

Another notable road contest is the trip to the Twin Cities against the Vikings. Purdy delivered one of the worst nights of his career in the 2023 loss at U.S. Bank Stadium and will no doubt want to redeem himself.

Check out PFN’s coverage of the NFL schedule release, including the full week-by-week schedule, a breakdown of how the NFL schedule is made, top revenge games of 2024, strength of schedule rankings, our ranking of this year’s international games, and more!