It was a celebration worthy of some light civic disruption. To cap off a wild, 52-49 Tennessee win over Alabama, the Neyland Stadium crowd emptied onto the field on Saturday night.

Between lighting its victory cigars and signing, a set of fans quickly identified two targets: The goal posts. They simply had to come down. So, as the Yellowhammer state’s own “Dixieland Delight” pumped through speakers, two mobs converged on either end of the field.

The southside uprights put up more of a fight than its northern counterpart. After pulling and jumping for a minute on one goal post, the other tumbled much quicker. As the drunken, elated mass of bodies swooned, the two posts crossed each other on the field. One was carried through the stadium and into Knoxville night.

Another was hauled through the stands in the aftermath of Chase McGrath’s game-winning kick and was returned about an hour afterward and left on the field.

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Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at [email protected].