49ers announce preseason schedule

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The San Francisco 49ers today announced the team’s 2019 preseason opponents.

The 49ers open the 2019 preseason at home versus the Dallas Cowboys before hitting the road in back-to-back weeks with trips to Denver in Week 2 and Kansas City in Week 3. San Francisco will close out preseason play as they host the Los Angeles Chargers at Levi’s Stadium in Week 4.

2019 49ERS PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Complete dates and times will be announced once they have been finalized.

COWBOYS

• It marks the 17^th preseason matchup overall between the two clubs, with the 49ers winning the most recent meeting, 24-21, at Levi’s Stadium in 2018. 
• The 49ers are hosting the Dallas Cowboys in the preseason for only the third time since 1987 and the second-consecutive season.
• Dallas owns the overall preseason series record, 9-7.

BRONCOS

• The 49ers face the Broncos in the preseason for the seventh time in the last eight preseasons and 40^th meeting overall.
• The Broncos lead the preseason series, 22-17.
• The 49ers defeated the Broncos, 31-24, in the team’s last preseason meeting in Denver in 2016.

CHIEFS

• This marks the 10^th preseason matchup between the 49ers and Chiefs.
• The 49ers lead the overall preseason series record, 7-2.
• San Francisco has won each of the last two preseason matchup between the two clubs, including a 27-17 victory at Kansas City in 2017.

CHARGERS

• It marks the 33^rd consecutive year in which the two teams have met in the preseason.
• The two teams will close out the preseason against each other for the 17^th time in the past 18 years.
• San Francisco leads the all-time preseason series, 26-21, and have won eight of the last nine matchups between the two teams.