- Movie Goof (continuity error): SPOILER: During the opening credit montage, they show Jackie Moon on a Magazine cover dated 1972. The picture is of Jackie on the free-throw line with scoreboard behind him showing 0:02, and score 116 to 117. This is a still taken from the final game of the 1976 season, at the end of movie.
- Movie Goof (continuity error): During the "jive turkey" incident, Bobby Dee lays Lou Redwood's gun on the poker table. As the camera cuts to show Lou laughing, the gun is clearly seen on the table in front of Lou even though you can hear the off screen thump of Dee laying it on the table. As the camera cuts back, Cornelius Banks has the gun in his hand.
- In the film, Jackie Moon says that he had never vomited before, not even as a baby. In reality, Will Ferrell suffered from pyloric stenosis, a condition that causes frequent vomiting, as a baby. A scar on his upper right abdomen, from the surgery he had to treat this condition, appears in this and many other films.
- Movie Goof (anachronisms): Although the movie is set in the 1970s, many people in the crowd at various games are wearing current fashions, like hipster jeans and contemporary sports jerseys. This is most noticeable when the bear escapes and everyone in the crowd rushes to exit the stadium.
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