The Cardinals head to Levi’s Stadium on Sunday for a Week 3 NFC West matchup with the 49ers, and the broadcast footprint tells you plenty about how this one is being slotted. Arizona (1-1) and San Francisco (2-0) kick off at 1:05 PM PST on Sep. 26, with FOX carrying the game and Kevin Kugler and Darly Johnston on the call.
The matchup will be available mostly across the western part of the country. FOX has a crowded late window in Week 3, with only two games there - Cardinals-49ers and Vikings-Buccaneers - and this one lands in the orange portion of the TV map. In local markets, the game can also be seen on NFL+ when using a mobile device.
Arizona fans in the state can listen on Arizona Sports’ 98.7 FM, with J.P. Shadrick handling play-by-play, A.Q.
Shipley as analyst and Dani Sureck on the sideline. In the Bay Area, the 49ers’ radio coverage runs on KSFO (810 AM), KSAN (107.7 FM) and the 49ers Radio Network.
The uniform setup is straightforward: San Francisco will wear its red primary look at home, while Arizona is going with all-white road uniforms.
On the field, the 49ers enter as the favorites, and the recent history at Levi’s Stadium has been tight. The last two games there were decided by a single point, but that hasn’t changed the expectation for this first of two meetings between the teams in 2026.
Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur has seen enough of San Francisco to know exactly what kind of operation Arizona is walking into. He spent several years under Kyle Shanahan, and he said the standard has been in place for a while.
“Yeah, it’s a standard that’s just been established there since 2017. I've got as much respect for Kyle as anyone in life, let alone just in football and the way he goes about his business.
But again, it’s just the standard. When you walk in there, it’s all ball.
There’s no BS within that organization," LaFleur said before reflecting back on his time in San Francisco.
"It took time. I hate to even bring it back because it sucked in real time, but (when I was there) we started 0-9 our first year.
Won one, got to 1-9 and then went to 1-10. Then won five in a row to end it and finished 6-10 that first year.
It was almost like throwing a parade that we won six games and the next year we go 4-12. It took some time from a standard perspective of getting the right people on the bus.
"Once that thing flipped in ‘19, (they got) enough leaders in place and a standard in place that they could, for the most part since ‘19, get through some of the injury issues they’ve had.”
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