When the players start coming in to hand in their jerseys, you see a few of them come in from the front view. Watch the numbers of the jerseys - as it switches views the numbers start to repeat. See more...
During the final game at the end of the movie, one of the Notre Dame players appears on the field with the name 'Favreau' on the back of his uniform. Jon Favreau is the name of the actor who plays Rudy's friend D-Bob in the film. See more...
starring Jon Favreau, Sean Astin (add more)
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
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In the final game in which Rudy is allowed to dress, you will notice he is the only one on the team wearing a jersey without his last name on the back. Surely the team would have had time to have a jersey ready for him that had his name on it, rather than have an eyesore like that? [This is true. In real life Rudy (and other walk-ons) did not have names on their jerseys. In some cases this still happens today in major college football.]
In the final game against GA Tech, Notre Dame is wearing away jerseys and GA Tech is wearing home jerseys. How can that be if Notre Dame was at home? [Notre Dame is wearing the dark or home jerseys during the whole last game. GA Tech is wearing white jerseys (normally white is away). Nothing is wrong.]
Corrected by Zwn Annwn
At the end of the Georgia Tech game, when the Irish need to get the defense back on the field so Rudy can play, and a half-back pass play is called, the quarterback speaks to Jamie O'Hara, the Notre Dame half-back, played by Vince Vaughn, and doesn't call him "Jamie" but instead calls him by the actor's name, "Vinnie." [He calls him Jamie, it's just hard to hear over the crowd and other players.]
Corrected by Jazetopher
Rudy continually checks the roster to see if he made the dress list. The captain of the team is Roland Steele; the first one to visit the coach about giving up his jersey for Rudy. Every time Rudy looks at the list he scans past the last names for "S" where you should see Steele, Roland. Steele doesn't appear on the dress list yet he dresses every game. [Being the "captain" of the entire team, having his name on the dress list seems a bit redundant. He and the coach know he is going to dress, because he's the captain. Captain's are chosen for their playing ability and leadership, so why pick someone to be captain if you weren't going to even let them dress, much less play in the game? His name should only appear if he is injured or on disciplinary probation.]
Corrected by Jazetopher
When Rudy is wandering around the stadium trying to buy a ticket for the game, a little boy walks by in a Jerome Bettis jersy (#6). Bettis didn't come to Notre Dame until the 90's. [Notre Dame doesn't put player names on their jerseys. If there is a jersey with 6 on it, it could have been a player from that era wearing 6, not necessarily a Jerome Bettis 6.]
I find it hard to believe that Rudy, who is such a fan of the team he recited a coach's pep talk verbatim as a kid, and could no doubt name every player on the roster, did not realize that the head groundskeeper once was a player. [This movie is a true story. You'll have to argue with Rudy himself on that one.]
In the scene when Rudy returns back to the team practice after quitting the team, the whole team is on the field but none of them have shoulder pads under their uniform even though they are supposed to be practising. [Coach Devine was running a 'non-contact' practice, so no shoulder pads are worn.]
The movie took place in the 70s in Pittsburg. Yet when the main character called home from school, he was using a telephone with touch-tone dials (Not invented yet). [According to AT&T's web site, the first touch tone phone was in 1941, and touch tone phones started being used in the 60's. Click here for more info.]
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