Niners Nation
The “worst” part of the 2025 schedule for the 49ers isn’t that bad.
After a disappointing 2024 campaign, the San Francisco 49ers were rewarded with one of the easiest schedules for the 2025 season.
We discovered the order and times of those games on Wednesday, and the schedule announcement revealed some surprises. The schedule reveal included a divisional opener, plenty of road games to open, and five prime time slots (including a tease at some new uniforms).
With the 2025 schedule, let’s review the 49ers’ fixtures for the upcoming season:
Still primetime players
A 6-11 showing in 2024 didn’t do much to hurt the 49ers’ brand, at least according to the national broadcasts. After six primetime games in 2024, the Niners are slated for five standalone games in 2025.
The primetime schedule starts with the nearly annual night game against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night in Week 5. The 2025 season marks the sixth time in the last seven seasons that the 49ers’ rivalry will be renewed in primetime, with San Francisco dominating Los Angeles with a 4-1 record in those five games.
San Francisco’s next two primetime games come against NFC South foes, with the 49ers hosting the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night of Week 7 and a Monday night game against the Carolina Panthers in Week 12 at Levi’s Stadium. The last time the 49ers faced Atlanta in prime time was in 2013, with Navarro Bowman’s “pick at the stick” sealing a San Francisco win in the last game held at Candlestick Park.
The 49ers’ prime time schedule comes to a close in back-to-back weeks, traveling to Indianapolis in Week 15 for a Monday night game against the Colts before returning to Santa Clara for a Sunday night game against the Chicago Bears. Interestingly enough, the matchup against the Bears will mark the second straight season the 49ers have faced Ben Johnson in prime time in Week 17, losing to Johnson and the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football in Week 17 last season.
There were concerns that the 49ers’ poor 2024 showing would affect the number of primetime games San Francisco would have in 2025. It shows that no matter what, the red and gold are always relevant.
A spread-out divisional schedule
It’s not often that the 49ers open a season with an NFC West rival. The last time was when San Francisco lost to the Arizona Cardinals to open the 2020 season.
San Francisco opens the 2025 campaign in Seattle, marking the third time since 2012 that the 49ers have opened the season with a divisional game. It also marks the first time the 49ers have opened a season on the road against the NFC West since 2010 when they fell to the Seahawks in Seattle to open what would be a 6-10 season.
The 49ers will quickly get accustomed to the NFC West in 2025, with three of their first five games against division rivals. After a 2024 season that saw the 49ers...
