49ers schedule in ‘10 one of NFL’s easiest
By Bud L. Ellis
After finishing at .500 in 2009 and falling just two games short of a division title, the San Francisco 49ers look to recall their glory days of a generation ago in 2010.
To do that and to make the playoffs, the 49ers will have to navigate one of the easier schedules in the National Football League.
The NFL has released its list of home games and road games for every team. Dates and times will be announced later this spring.
San Francisco’s path includes just six games against playoff teams, two of those being the division home-and-home with NFC West rival and defending division champion Arizona. Super Bowl champion New Orleans comes to San Francisco, as does NFC wild-card qualifier Philadelphia. The rest of the home schedule features contests against St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Oakland and Denver.
Away from home, the 49ers play at AFC West champion San Diego and NFC wild-card team Green Bay. The remainder of the away schedule: St. Louis, Seattle, Arizona, Kansas City, Atlanta and Carolina.
Roll it together, and according to last season’s opponents’ win percentage, the 49ers’ schedule ranks 28th of the 32-team league. Seven of San Francisco’s games are against teams which won five games or less last season.
—30—
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4:36 pm by bud
Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Super Bowl, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
