Factual error: While driving to the state tournament in March, hedgeapples or Osage Oranges can be seen on the ground. This is a fall-time event, and those aren't right for the season.
Factual error: During most of the basketball games, you can see an American flag in the background. This is not the problem, the problem is that it is hung wrong, the stars should always be on the top LEFT not RIGHT.
Factual error: As the team begins the Indiana state tourney (always held in March) the team bus is shown driving by fields of corn. No corn in Indiana at this time of year. The crop is harvested before the season starts.
Continuity mistake: After the two boys leave the team at the beginning of the film, Gene Hackman has the boys doing a passing drill with six guys. The problem is that there were only five guys on the team. It even shows a seventh player on the sidelines.
Revealing mistake: In this film, you can see where the present-day lines on the basketball court have been sanded off and "50's" style lines added.
Factual error: When Dennis Hopper's 'Shooter' character is drying out in hospital, he points to a little green Philco radio on his bedside. This is a Philco model 53-561 (from 1953), succeeding the film's 1951 setting.
Continuity mistake: During the game against the Wildcats (the orange team) the incorrect score is often seen in the background. For example, the score changes from 50-51 to 36-36. This happens several times throughout the game.
Continuity mistake: When Dennis Hopper's "Shooter" character is drying out in the hospital and his son comes to visit him they talk for several minutes, however, the clock on the wall continues to read 9:49 from the beginning of the scene to the ending of it. (01:31:00)
Factual error: Norman Dale driving west to Indiana in 1951 on an interstate highway. The Interstate system wasn't started until 1956.
Suggested correction: That was not an interstate highway.
Correct. This was US 40, which runs the entire width of Indiana.
