How to Watch Seattle Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers Wild Card Game

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The first game of Super Wild Card Weekend is Saturday, January 14th featuring the Seattle Seahawks at the San Francisco 49ers. Cord cutters have a few options for watching this game live. Read on to learn them all!

In a hurry? The kickoff for this game is 4:30 pm EST on Fox. These live TV streaming services will have you set for the entire NFL postseason and much more:

Which TV Channel Is the Seattle Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers Game On?

The Wild Card games are distributed between CBS, ESPN, Fox, and NBC. Game one will be broadcast on Fox.

It will feature Joe Davis with play-by-play and Daryl Johnston with color commentary. Pam Oliver is the primary sideline reporter.

What Time Is the Game On?

• Sat Jan 14 4:30 pm: Seattle Seahawks (23) at San Francisco 49ers (41) (Fox)

Since Fox is an over-the-air station, in most areas, it’s free to watch live with a digital antenna. This is a great option, but most people still choose to stream.

See our guide for the games being played.

How to Watch Seahawks-49ers Outside the US

Canadian viewers can watch the NFL playoffs with their own streaming service..

Sky Sports will be broadcasting Seahawks vs 49ers (and all the other playoff games) live in the UK and Ireland. Kayo Sports and Foxtel are showing all the playoff games in Australia.

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How to Live Stream Seahawks vs 49ers

The playoff games will air on ESPN, NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. (There will be no streaming-only Thursday Night Football games on Amazon Prime Video.)

The following streaming services give you access to Fox so you can watch the Seattle Seahawks battle the San Francisco 49ers. Some offer free trials so you can watch some NFL games for free as you check if it is right for you.

• Fubo (formerly FuboTV): It offers all the channels you need to watch the NFL regular season to the playoffs including all major local channels like Fox. For $74.99/mo you get 130+ live channels, 1,000 hours of cloud DVR, and the ability to stream on 10 devices at once. (Fubo review)
• Sling TV: Sling Orange ($40.00/mo) offers ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3 and Sling Blue ($40.00/mo) offers Fox and NBC. To watch Game 1 you only need Sling Blue but to watch the Monday Night game, you should sign up for both plans for $55.00/mo. (Sling TV review)
• Hulu + Live TV: Only offers one package for $69.99/mo. The plan provides local channels ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox. You also get ESPN+ and Disney+. An unlimited cloud DVR is also available. (Hulu Live review)
• DIRECTV STREAM: Get 75+ channels including ESPN, Fox, NBC, and CBS all for $74.99/mo. The base plan also offers unlimited cloud DVR and watching on unlimited devices. (DIRECTV STREAM review)
• YoutubeTV: You get all major local channels and ESPN channels for $72.99/mo.

Stream Outside the US

Other than Canada and China, you can stream all of the playoffs with NFL Game Pass International.

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Devices For Watching Seattle-San Francisco

The streaming services are accessible through several streaming devices. Here are a list of devices you can use to watch the game through streaming services:

Many of these services support other devices such as the Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles as well as different smart TVs.

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Seattle vs San Francisco NFL Wild Card Game Analysis

The top two teams in the NFC West this season, the San Francisco 49ers (13-4) and the Seattle Seahawks (9-8), have been slated to play each other in the wild card round of the playoffs.

This will be just the second all-time postseason meeting between these rivals, the other being a memorable matchup in the 2013 NFC championship game. Seattle prevailed in that showdown, 23-17.

Regular Season Recap For Seahawks and 49ers

Midway through the 2022 season, it looked like the Seahawks might win the NFC West as Seattle was 6-3 heading into a trip to Germany for a November 13 matchup with the Buccaneers. Meanwhile, the 49ers were 4-4 at that point. However, that is when their respective seasons diverged significantly.

The Seahawks are going to rue that trip to Germany as a loss there kickstarted a disappointing six-game stretch that consisted of Seattle going 1-5 to drop below .500 at 7-8.

The only way that the team was able to get into the postseason was by beating the New York Jets and Los Angeles Rams in the final two weeks, the latter with a field goal in overtime. And only then after the Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers in literally the last game of the regular season.

Conversely, the 49ers had just gone into their bye week on the heels of a 31-14 win over the Rams on October 30. That victory kickstarted a winning streak that is still active, currently at 10 games. This impressive run pushed San Francisco’s record from below .500 at 3-4 to 13-4 and good enough for the NFC’s #2 seed in the NFC.

As for head-to-head matchups, San Francisco dominated at home in a 27-7 win over the Seahawks in week two while their matchup at Lumen Field in week 15 was closer. In it, the 49ers won, 21-13. Those victories snapped a four-game winning streak that Seattle had held in the rivalry heading into 2022.

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Team Comparison For Chargers vs 49ers

Coming into the playoffs, the 49ers have a power ranking of #1. The Seahawks has a power ranking of 16 — up 6 positions from the previous week. ESPN polling has the 49ers at #3 and the Seahawks at #18. We need to take these numbers with a grain of salt, but it’s clear what the experts think.

So, on paper, the 49ers have to be favored in Saturday’s meeting, particularly after also taking into account that they will enjoy home-field advantage in that contest. In fact, San Francisco opened in the betting odds as a 9.5- to 10-point favorite with an over/under of 42.5 to 43.

Note that the Seahawks lost to every team in the NFC South, which consisted of all four franchises carrying below-.500 marks into the postseason/offseason. On the other hand, San Francisco went 3-1 against that division with the only setback a 28-14 loss to Atlanta to drop to 3-3 on the season.

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Seattle’s biggest individual surprise in 2022 has been Geno Smith, who served as Russell Wilson’s backup for most of the previous seven seasons before performing at Pro Bowl levels in 2022. In fact, Smith broke Wilson’s franchise records for most completions (399) and passing yards (4,282) in a season.

Taking snaps on the other side of the ball has been 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, who enters the postseason having thrown for multiple touchdown passes in his last six outings, becoming just the second rookie in NFL history to do so. That stretch included three tosses for points in the team’s 38-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Purdy said following that outing that he and his teammates “haven’t played to our full potential yet.”

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NFL Wild Card Basics

At the end of the NFL season, the 7 top teams in each conference go to the playoffs. These consist of the 4 division winners and then the 3 best teams conference-wide are the wild card teams. This often results in wild card teams having significantly better records than division winners. For example, in the 2022-23 season, the NFL East saw every team out performing the winner of the NFC South.

The top-seed team in the AFC and NFC get a bye for Super Wild Card Weekend. The remaining six teams are paired by their seed with the top team against the bottom team. Like this:

• #7 Seed at #2 Seed
• #6 Seed at #3 Seed
• #5 Seed at #4 Seed

In this case, the San Francisco 49ers were the #2 seed in the NFC and the Seattle Seahawks were the #7 seed.

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Wrapping Up

You can watch this NFL Wild Card Game with the Seattle Seahawks vs the San Francisco 49ers using a number of streaming services. Our top pick is Fubo, which will allow you to watch every game of the 2023 NFL playoffs. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.

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FAQs

What channels are the NFL playoff games on?

All of the NFL playoff games are broadcast on one of four channels: CBS, ESPN, Fox, and NBC. ESPN only broadcasts one game (the final Wild Card matchup as Monday Night Football). And it will be simulcast on ABC. ESPN2 will feature the Manningcast with Peyton and Eli Manning. For Spanish-language channels, see our guide.

How do I stream other NFL playoff games?

The following guides provide details on watching the NFL playoffs:

• NFL Playoffs
• Wild Card Game 1: Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers
• Wild Card Game 2: Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville Jaguars
• Wild Card Game 3: Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills
• Wild Card Game 4: New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings
• Wild Card Game 5: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals
• Wild Card Game 6: Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Divisional Game 1: Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
• Divisional Game 2: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
• Divisional Game 3: Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills
• Divisional Game 4: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers
• AFC Championship Game
• NFC Championship Game
• Super Bowl.

Our article How to Watch NFL Without Cable has general information.

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