When Jack and Reno arrive at the house for their dinner with Elly and Gigi, one of the boys on the stoop says that Atlanta and Minnesota, the two teams facing off on "Monday Night Football," have "lost 17 straight games between them." Later, after Jack is caught watching the game during dinner, just before throwing him out Elly admonishes him that the two teams are "0-and-17 between them!" The former makes sense if the teams are both on losing streaks, but the latter does not if it refers to their combined record on the current season. As of 1985, when the film is set, the NFL schedule did not include a bye week; both teams would have played the same number of games at any point during the season. As such their combined record cannot have added up to an odd number.(Incidentally, Atlanta and Minnesota did play each other in 1985, albeit not on "Monday Night Football" and not in November; the Falcons beat the Vikings 14-13 on Sunday, December 15, 1985, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Falcons, who had started the season 0-6, entered the game with a 2-12 record, and the Vikings were 7-7, giving them a combined record of 9-19; Atlanta's win broke a three-game losing streak and Minnesota's two-game winning streak. The game footage seen in the film is likely from November 23, 1981, when the Falcons and Vikings met in Atlanta on "Monday Night Football"; the Falcons won, 31-30.)
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