{"id":332764,"date":"2025-12-07T12:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/332764\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:40:19","slug":"are-the-49ers-playing-today-nfl-week-14-schedule-matchups-byes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/332764\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the 49ers playing today? NFL Week 14 schedule, matchups, byes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No team needed a vacation more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco 49ers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They are clinging to a playoff spot, but are also firmly in the NFC West race at the same time. Despite that, Kyle Shanahan&#8217;s team is battered and bruised as the season winds down.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/nick-bosa\/946531\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nick Bosa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nick Bosa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/fred-warner\/839576\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fred Warner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fred Warner<\/a> are out for the season, but San Francisco&#8217;s defense continues to get the job done. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/brock-purdy\/1121761\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brock Purdy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brock Purdy<\/a> missed plenty of time for the offense, but <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/mac-jones\/973945\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mac Jones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mac Jones<\/a> kept them afloat long enough for Purdy&#8217;s return to mean something.<\/p>\n<p>Now the 49ers have their eyes set on the postseason, but not before taking a week to collect themselves. There is plenty of work left to be done in the season&#8217;s final weeks \u2013 especially when the Super Bowl party is at their house this year.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to know about Week 14.<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p>Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/09\/07\/isaac-teslaa-catch-of-the-year-candidate\/86033606007\/\">makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa&#8217;s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ece3b009de0e7aba961c9dfc2585f6aa.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p>Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/09\/07\/isaac-teslaa-catch-of-the-year-candidate\/86033606007\/\">makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa&#8217;s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06166f33148d76142dc2b794a3c87b71.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p>Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n<p>Week 1: The New England Patriots&#8217; Robert Spillane (14) and Christian Elliss (53) tackle Las Vegas Raiders tight end Michael Mayer (87) during the second half at Gillette Stadium. The Raiders won the game, 20-13.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/69083269995973e9e97ddf764b2548d2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p>Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n<p>Week 1: New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson (3) fumbles the ball on a tackle by Washington Commanders safety Will Harris (3) during the first quarter at Northwest Stadium. It was a rough Giants debut for Wilson (17 of 37 passing for 168 yards) as the Commanders won the game, 21-6.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/47ce7656b373f094d0aa64bb4c30db83.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p>Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n<p>Week 1: Fireworks go off before the NFL Kickoff Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles opened the season with a 24-20 victory over their longtime NFC East rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Are the 49ers playing today?<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers are not playing on Dec. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is on its bye in Week 14, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a>, New England Patriots and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a>. The 49ers will return to action in Week 15 when they host the Titans on Sunday, Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Which teams are on a bye this week? Week 14 bye<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers are one of four teams on a bye in Week 14 and one of three in the NFC:<\/p>\n<p>49ers 2025 scheduleNFL Week 14 schedule<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Dec. 4<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Dec. 7<\/p>\n<p>Monday, Dec. 8<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/12\/07\/49ers-playing-today-nfl-week-14\/87557657007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Do the 49ers play today? NFL Week 14 bye schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Do the 49ers play today? NFL Week 14 bye schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No team needed a vacation more than the San Francisco 49ers. They are clinging to a playoff spot,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[1258,1276,64,63,631,6583,1261,1257,1248,1252,1238,1234,1256,3055,14134,1243,1255,1246,1237,1240,47076,1250,3052,1263,6586,1233,1239,1231,1249,1242,1235,593,170515,36526,1260,1241,6113,1262,1254,85,1247,1253,1272],"class_list":["post-332764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-brock-purdy","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit-lions","tag-fred-warner","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kyle-shanahan","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-mac-jones","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-week-14-schedule","tag-nick-bosa","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}