Schedule at a glance

SEPT. 8 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1:25 p.m., FOX)

The 49ers shouldn’t be as flat as they were in last November’s 27-9 loss (amid Reuben Foster’s arrest and release).

BIGGEST GAMES

BY CAM INMAN

OCT. 20 at Washington (10 a.m., FOX)

SEPT. 15 at Cincinnati Bengals (10 a.m., FOX)

They’ll be coming off a layover in Youngstown similar to 2011 and ‘12 stays between backto-back road games. A 2011 win at Cincinnati helped launch the 49ers’ three-season playoff run.

SEPT. 22 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (1:25 p.m., CBS)

It’s the Steelers’ maiden voyage to Levi’s Stadium, but it’s also the 49ers’ home opener, which might convince fans not to hawk their tickets.

SEPT. 8 at Tampa Bay Jimmy Garoppolo’s first true test of his comeback comes against an unheralded Bucs defense. Can the 49ers spoil the Bucs debut of Bruce Arians, who beat them in his last six meetings as Cardinals coach?

OCT. 7 vs. Cleveland Browns

Instead of facing Alex Smith, whose valiant career is on hold with a leg injury, the 49ers could get rookie QB Dwayne Haskins. Washington hasn’t won a playoff game since January 2006.

DEC. 1 at Baltimore Ravens (10 a.m., FOX) No, there’s no Har-Bowl to promote among opposing brothers, but free safety Earl Thomas is there to show whether the 49ers missed out on him in free agency.

OCT. 27 vs. Carolina Panthers (1:05 p.m., FOX)

The Panthers have won the past six regularseason meetings dating to 2014, though they did lose Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium.

DEC. 8 at New Orleans Saints (10 a.m., FOX)

Five years after winning in overtime at the Superdome — and seven years since losing the Super Bowl there — the 49ers return to the Big Easy. Back-to-back road games with a playoff berth on the line?

SEPT. 29

BYE

This is the fifth time since 1990 the 49ers have been idle in Week 4 or earlier (1990, 1996, 1998, 2002).

For now, at least, the Browns are considered a top draw, enough that this will be the 49ers’ first primetime game.

OCT. 31 at Arizona Cardinals (5:20 p.m., FOX/NFLN)

The 49ers haven’t won here since 2013, so let’s see if Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury can extend the 49ers’ skid to six straight losing visits.

DEC. 15 vs. Atlanta Falcons (1:25 p.m., FOX)

Kyle Shanahan faces the Falcons for the first time since their 28-3 Super Bowl collapse as their 2016 coordinator. The 49ers won 17-16 in the Falcons’ only other visit to Levi’s Stadium, in 2015.

OCT. 7 vs. Cleveland Browns (5:15 p.m., ESPN)

The 49ers couldn’t pull off a trade for Odell Beckham Jr. so now they must stop him on the resurgent Browns.

NOV. 11 vs. Seattle Seahawks (5:15 p.m., ESPN)

The Seahawks had a 10-game win streak over the 49ers snapped in last year’s visit to Levi’s Stadium when Robbie Gould’s fourth field goal ended overtime at 26-23.

DEC. 21 vs. Los Angeles Rams (TBD. All Sunday games are TBD time, but MNF is set)

Sean McVay’s high-scoring Rams have put up 41 and 39 points in their past two wins at Levi’s Stadium. Offensive pass interference, by the way, is not reviewable.

OCT. 13 at Los Angeles Rams (1:05 p.m., FOX)

After visiting the Coliseum in their final road game the past three seasons, the 49ers get an early look at the reigning NFC champs.

NOV. 24 vs. Green Bay Packers

This concludes a three-game homestand in which the 49ers better have gained momentum for the December stretch run.

NOV. 17 vs. Arizona Cardinals (1:05 p.m., FOX)

The Cardinals have won their past four visits to Levi’s Stadium behind quarterbacks Carson Palmer (2015), Drew Stanton (2016, ’17) and Josh Rosen (2018). Hello, Kyler Murray?

DEC. 29 at Seattle Seahawks (1:25 p.m., FOX)

The 49ers haven’t scored more than 18 points in losing any of their past eight trips to Seattle, dating to 2012.

NOV. 24 vs. Green Bay Packers (1:25 p.m., FOX)

Memories of last season’s collapse at Lambeau Field should motivate the 49ers to not let Cal product Aaron Rodgers have his way with them again.

Russell Wilson threw for 237 yards and a TD against the 49ers last December, but the Seahawks came up short for the first time since 2013.

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