The San Francisco 49ers return to Levi's Stadium in Week 11 to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a game in which they must vindicate their status as heavy favorites to keep pace in the race for the number one seed in the NFC.

San Francisco ended a three-game losing streak last week with a hugely impressive 34-3 blowout of the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road.

The 49ers lead the NFC West at 6-3 following that emphatic win and are 11.5-point favorites to improve to 7-3 by defeating the 4-5 Buccaneers.

Between their pursuit of the Philadelphia Eagles for the top seed and their desire to stay ahead of the Seattle Seahawks (6-3) in the NFC West, there is a great deal riding on the 49ers' contest with the Buccaneers.

But it is a game that much of the country won't be able to see.

If you live in the areas of the map colored in blue, you will be able to watch the game. The contest will predictably be broadcast in Northern California and all of Florida along with large parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania along with most of Arizona, all of Utah and Nevada and areas of Washington and Oregon.

Despite being Fox's only game in the late window and the implications for both the 49ers and a Buccaneers team that is only half a game back of the New Orleans Saints in the NFC South, people living outside of the those areas will be forced to rely on streaming and the NFL Redzone channel to keep track of one of the most significant games on the Week 11 schedule.

With nationally televised games against the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles on the horizon, weeks in which 49ers games are unavailable to most of the country will soon be few and far between.

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