 DATE: In the final game of the movie, when the Giants play the  Eagles, Vince Papale is knocked out of bounds on one of the special  teams play. As he gets up, the shoulder cap of his pads are sticking  out of his jersey. Those are shoulder pads currently used today by  modern players and did not exist back then. Also, it is only illegal  to go out of bounds on your own, not if you are knocked out.