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How to watch the San Francisco 49ers game today (12/1/24) | FREE LIVE STREAM, time, TV channel for NFL Sunday Night Football Week 13 vs. Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York
How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV, which is half off the first month.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: NFL Sunday Night Football
Who: Buffalo Bills vs. San Francisco 49ers
When: Dec. 1, 2024 (12/1/24)
Where: Highmark Stadium (Orchard Park, New York)
Time: 8:20 p.m. ET (7:20 p.m. CT)
TV: NBC
Free live stream: DirecTV Stream, fuboTV
Here’s a preview via the Associated Press:
San Francisco (5-6) at Buffalo (9-2)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EST, NBC
BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 7.
Series record: Bills lead 7-6.
Against the spread: 49ers 4-7, Bills 7-4.
Last meeting: Bills beat 49ers 34-24 on Dec. 7, 2020, at Glendale, Arizona.
Last week: Packers beat 49ers 38-10; Bills bye.
49ers offense: overall (4), rush (7), pass (4), scoring (13).
49ers defense: overall (6), rush (11), pass (6), scoring (20).
Bills offense: overall (13), rush (11), pass (13), scoring (3).
Bills defense: overall (15), rush (13), pass (14), scoring (7).
Turnover differential: 49ers even; Bills plus-14.
49ers player to watch
DE Leonard Floyd returns to Buffalo for the first time since leaving the Bills in free agency to sign with the 49ers in March. Floyd is playing his best ball of late with 3 1/2 sacks the past two games after having only three in his first nine games this season. Floyd had 10 1/2 sacks last season in his only year in Buffalo.
Bills player to watch
WR Amari Cooper. A left wrist injury and getting accustomed to the playbook has limited the 30-year-old to seven catches for 124 yards and a touchdown in three games since being acquired in a trade with Cleveland on Oct. 15. With a bye week to heal up and more than a month to build chemistry with Josh Allen, Cooper could finally be in a position to begin playing to his potential.
Key matchup
Niners’ RB Christian McCaffrey vs. Bills run defense. Buffalo bottled up the Chiefs in limiting their ground game to 78 yards in a major sign of improvement a month after allowing 271 to Derrick Henry and the Ravens. McCaffrey and the 49ers’ usually sturdy run game has yet to get on track, with last season’s offensive player of the year limited to 149 yards rushing and 132 receiving. He has yet to score a TD in three games this season.
Key injuries
San Francisco QB Brock Purdy is expected to play after missing one game with a sore right shoulder. … The Niners, however, ruled out five starters: DE Nick Bosa (hip, oblique), LT Trent Williams (ankle), LG Aaron Banks (concussion), DT Jordan Elliott (concussion) and CB Deommodore Lenoir (knee). … The Bills ruled out TE Dalton Kincaid, who will miss his second game with a knee injury. … Rookie WR Keon Coleman (right wrist) is listed as questionable and was still wearing a non-contact jersey in practice on Friday. … RT Spencer Brown (ankle) was cleared to return after missing one game. … The Bills have yet to decide whether to activate LB Matt Milano (torn left biceps) and rookie defensive tackle DeWayne Carter (left wrist) off IR.
Series notes
The Bills played the Niners in Arizona because of COVID-19 restrictions in California in 2020. It was Buffalo’s second visit to Glendale in three weeks after a 32-30 loss to the Cardinals. … The Bills beat San Francisco 45-16 in the Niners’ most recent visit to Orchard Park, New York, in 2016, and are 3-2 overall at home. … Buffalo has won the past two meetings with neither team having won three straight.
Stats and stuff
San Francisco has lost two straight and has a losing record this late in the season for the first time since going 6-10 in 2020. … This is the fourth time this season that the 49ers are playing a team coming off a bye. They are 1-2 in the previous three. … San Francisco had only 11 first downs last week, tied for the fewest in any game in eight seasons under Kyle Shanahan. … The Niners have scored only three offensive TDs from outside the red zone this season, tied for the second fewest in the NFL. … San Francisco ranks 10th worst in the NFL with 3.85 yards per carry in three games since McCaffrey returned after ranking fourth with 5.13 in the first eight weeks. … The 44 yards rushing last week for the 49ers were their third fewest under Shanahan. … TE George Kittle had his 509th catch last week, moving into third place in San Francisco history. … Kittle leads the NFL with eight TD catches in the red zone, which is tied with Vernon Davis (2013) for the most in a season for a Niners player since at least 2000. … The AFC East-leading Bills have won at least nine of their first 11 games for just the sixth time in team history, and first since 1992. Buffalo has been 10-2 or better just four times, the last in 1991. … The Bills have won six straight for the first time since a 7-0 run to close the 2022 season. … Buffalo has scored 30 or more points in five straight and a league-best eight times this season. The most recent time the Bills scored 30 or more in six straight outings happened in 2004. … After not throwing an interception in his first seven outings, QB Josh Allen has five in his past four. He’s 43-27 overall when committing a turnover. … Allen has rushed for five TDs this season, increasing his total to 58 to rank second on the team list behind only Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas (65). … With two TDs rushing in a 30-21 win over Kansas City two weeks ago, RB James Cook became Buffalo’s first player to rush for 10 scores since LeSean McCoy had 13 in 2016. … Buffalo’s defense has forced at least one takeaway in each outing this season.
Fantasy tip
The Bills defense/special teams might be a sneaky good play, and not only if Brandon Allen starts in place of Purdy. Special teams could play a factor with Buffalo’s Brandon Codrington ranking fourth in the NFL with 243 punt return yards, and the Niners ranking 32nd in allowing 16.4 yards per punt return and having already allowed a kickoff return for a TD.
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A run of late-summer performances brings Lettuce to SFJAZZ, where the Boston-born sextet continues touring its latest album Cook inside Miner Auditorium. Known for expanding from Berklee students into a tightly synchronized funk collective, the band threads together psychedelic grooves, brass-led arrangements, and extended improvisational passages that often stretch their sets into long-form explorations rather than fixed song cycles. Each performance draws on decades of collaboration and individual side work across jazz, pop, and hip-hop, giving the music a layered, studio-to-stage fluidity that rarely settles into repetition. The SFJAZZ setting frames that approach with concert-hall clarity, allowing rhythm sections and horn interplay to unfold with precision even at peak intensity. Across the run, the focus stays on sustained groove and ensemble chemistry, where variation emerges gradually through solos and shifting textures rather than abrupt changes in direction.
A man was being sought as the suspect in a double shooting in Bay Point that left one person dead and another injured early Friday morning.
The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched at about 1:30 a.m. to an unknown problem on Olivia Lane, just east of Alves Lane and south of Delta de Anza Regional Trail, which later was reported to be “shots fired.”
While arriving at the scene, deputies were flagged down by several people who were injured at the location, the Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies found one person who was unresponsive and he was taken to a hospital. The victim was later pronounced dead at the hospital, the office said.
A second person was taken to the hospital; the victim’s condition was not disclosed. The victim who died has not yet been identified.
Sheriff’s detectives identified the suspect as 35-year-old Avery Alexander Gibbs, described by the Sheriff’s Office as a transient. Gibbs was still at large as of Friday afternoon
The Sheriff’s Office said Gibbs should not be approached, and anyone seeing him should call 9-1-1. People with information on the shooting were asked to contact Sheriff’s Office investigators at (925) 313-2600 dispatcher at (925) 646-2441.
Golden Gate Bridge fireworks will be a rare patriotic event
This year on July 4th, for the third time in history, an organized fireworks display will be held at San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge. This only happned in twice before in 1987 and 2012 for the bridge’s 50th and 75th annivesary. Expect crowds to be massive and public transportation, ride shares and simply walking is highly recommended.
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco is preparing for its major July 4th fireworks display on Saturday night, an event expected to draw massive crowds as pyrotechnics are launched directly from the Golden Gate Bridge for only the third time in history.
Will crowds flood Marina?
What we don’t know:
To pull off the event, the Golden Gate Bridge, major roadways, and key parking lots at Marina Green and Crissy Field will be shut down.
Several neighborhood streets will also be blocked off, creating significant traffic hurdles. Officials are strongly advising spectators to utilize public transit due to severely limited parking.
Local residents in the Marina District have expressed concern over the impending chaos as crowds flood the neighborhood.
“I’m a little worried, yeah,” said nearby resident Michael Zoboski. “I think it’s gonna be definitely hectic. I don’t know where people are going to park, it seems like it’s taking up a large amount of the streets up here. I think it’s going to be a little crazy.”
To manage the influx, access to many surrounding neighborhoods will be strictly limited to local residents.
Checking IDs
What we know:
Law enforcement officers will be checking IDs and questioning drivers to verify residency. According to the district supervisor, there will be 10 police officers deployed per block in the Marina.
Road closures will stretch from Baker Street to Van Ness Avenue between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Portions of Fisherman’s Wharf are scheduled to shut down even earlier, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon, with much of that neighborhood also restricted to local access. The Golden Gate Bridge itself will close to traffic starting at 9 p.m.
Additionally, roads will be closed in the Presidio and Richmond District. To encourage the use of public transportation, Muni is providing special shuttles to help transport spectators to the viewing areas.
The Source: Marina neighbors, Muni, San Francisco city website
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