Neyland Stadium Sings Dixieland Delight and Takes Down Goalposts Following Upset of Alabama

[@NOLABureau]

I’m a LSU fan but this made me emotional. There’s nothing like college football in the south. Simply nothing.

[@Roll_Todd]

I don’t watch anything other than sec and a couple schools in the Acc

[@upbeatproductions7614]

The only sport the SEC is better than the Big 10 in lol

[@Galilee1964]

It makes me emotional still. I tear up watching the highlights still. 15 years was a long time. I've been a Tennessee fan for 41 years.

[@braydenblackburn2777]

@@upbeatproductions7614 How about baseball?

[@upbeatproductions7614]

@@braydenblackburn2777 Eh…maybe, the Big Ten is still good in baseball though. And far, FAR superior in baseball and hockey, heck, the SEC is in DIVISION 2 for the nation’s 3rd-4th most popular sport!

[@artoriousfortunous4694]

After 24 years of living on this earth being a Vols fan, this was this best night of my life being 13 rows from the end zone where the kick went in. I'll always get emotional watching these kinds of videos.

[@otaviofrnazario]

This is a very fanatical fanbase that deserves a team like this again. Two greats from each side of the ball came from there, Peyton Manning and Reggie White

[@MTtroutfisher406]

Congrats!

[@danieljenkins4791]

1st win against Bama that you can remember. Congrats. It'll be a long time until you have these feelings again

[@jamesbolt9054]

The goalpost falling to Dixieland delight is peak SEC football.

[@loyevangelists]

WOW! I'm born and raised in Pennsylvania but that is just WOW!

[@bcook9853]

Been a long 15 years, much needed night on Rocky Top

[@richielehr]

Was born in PA and moved to TN in 2000… Philly sports fans are wild but there’s just something different about Vols Nation

[@rkymtnchi503]

@@richielehr it's the moonshine lol

[@bryantc2899]

In the south, college football is just as important as Faith, family, friends, and hard work. It's a lifestyle.

[@AnonYmous-jp8uu]

The thing is, these fans deserve it. Some real good folks up in them parts

[@bradstephens5522]

Thank you

[@billwest3478]

Thank you

[@justinsime3786]

Knoxville is full of gays now, it’s the San Francisco of Tennessee

[@goatweedwillie5349]

Not a VOLs fan but this is what college football is all about.

[@tonyragano3695]

This is simply the most fantastic thing my eyes have ever seen.

[@cameronclark3927]

Congratulations from a Michigan fan we had this same feeling vs osu

[@davidgibson5151]

I’ve lived in maryville just a few minutes away from ut my entire 18 years on this planet and have always been a vol fan I remember going racing and hearing the fire works but this has to be the greatest celebration of all time

[@ClayJonesCO]

Whoever had the AUX cord in the sound booth that night was on point. Whatta appropriate song for the celebration. When Bama does this in their stadium it’s electric. Jeff Cook (of the band “Alabama”) got to see this before he passed a few days later. Well played. All around.

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

Still glorious hearing it for about the 20th time this academic year after a Vol (or Lady Vol) victory over Parole Tide!

[@cedriccbass-jp8ky]

man I love the south, greetings from Portugal :))))

[@EasySleepSoundscapes]

Greetings from Tennessee!! :)

[@bryantc2899]

Come here, we are crazy during college football, but laid back the rest of the time. Just stay away from the big cities. I'll give Nashville a pass.

[@423TENNESSEBOY]

This makes me so happy. Im teary eyed.

[@VolFan9804]

0:45 - 1:03 is just glorious. The crowd singing in unison. The lights. My eyes still well up over this video even a year later. Go Big Orange!!

[@tnvol09]

BEST after game celebration I've seen....Go Big Orange!

[@pamelajackson69]

I'm still super emotional about this win!! We've come a long way baby!! #FeelsLike1998 #NotSinceFulmer #GBO #VFL

[@piked26]

63-38

[@billwalker7556]

Only lasted a week. Georgia brought the vols crashing down to earth the next week. Alabama did more to beat themselves than Tennessee did to win.

[@pamelajackson69]

@@billwalker7556 we still went on to have a FANTASTIC season and beat Clemson in the Orange Bowl!! So very proud of my Vols and nobody will EVER take that away from me #VFL #VolNation

[@justinsime3786]

@@billwalker7556👈🏻🤡

[@kriffey75]

I'm from Knoxville, but when the Vols one that I was out in Seattle and my heart was broken, I wasn't in my home of Knoxville. My soul was there . I had several tears of happiness after this game.

[@YodaBit]

So beautiful. Neyland and Tennessee fans deserve this. Go Vols baby

[@justinboyd8383]

As a Nashville native this makes me so happy. Love to see the Vols back as an SEC contender and to hear the sweet silence of the Bama bandwagon fans in middle Tennessee.

[@chewymustard6426]

Oooh you best believe we're not going down silently. Can't wait to play y'all next year good luck

[@jacobweems3316]

@@chewymustard6426 gotta love these Tennessee fans they won one game because our kicker screwed up and think Bama is destined to lose to them forever

[@trevorrogers8092]

@@jacobweems3316 no not for ever but do believe the rivalry is back finally

[@jacobweems3316]

@@trevorrogers8092 it looks like it is. One of the best rivalries in the sport

[@trevorrogers8092]

@@chewymustard6426 should be another classic this rivalry is back again the passion both fan bases have for there team is like nothing in country see u in Tuscaloosa GO BIG ORANGE

[@Voluvr]

That song is back where it belongs.

[@bryantc2899]

In Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

[@BigOrangeFan_Famon]

This still makes me cry...

[@evangraham532]

For all the UT fans going to Tuscaloosa next year when they play Dixie Land Delight. Sing as loud as you can " On a Tennessee Saturday night 52 to 49."

[@crimsontrunk8482]

More like” On a Alabama Saturday night 34-20 Bama owns you”

[@evangraham532]

No that's "On a Tennessee Saturday night 24 to 17." 2-1 the last 3 years. Saban is gone. Bama doesn't own anyone. You all couldn't beat Vandy.

[@pamelajackson69]

THIS is why I LOVE college football!! Nothing better than being in Neyland Stadium on game day

[@loganwatson5905]

I think this game should now be dubbed “The Dixieland Delight Bowl.” Whoever wins gets to play the song for the next year. Since it’s a song by Alabama that takes place in Tennessee I think it’s equally fitting for both teams

[@noaenglishcafe9555]

Great idea

[@bradstephens5522]

Wow!!! Can we please make this happen. Thats an amazing idea.

[@andrewfuqua8706]

already called The Third Saturday in October tho

[@mountaindoom8909]

I agree

[@volssuperfan3339]

It’s a song about Tennessee. Bama can use another song by Alabama

[@kathystofko5447]

It is refreshing to see a large crowd having a good time.

[@dmreb1935]

This was one of the best moments of my life I was there and I got to storm the field

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

Partyin' like it's '98. Neyland Stadium forever. CFB is true to the South.

[@caseyguild4658]

I'm a Buckeye but it is hard to not love Tennessee this year. Enjoy this, Vols. You deserve it. Now go and whip them dawgs.

[@billwalker7556]

Tennessee didn't come close to "whipping the Dawgs". It only lasted 1 week before Georgia showed them who was the best team.

[@ororinator5596]

This is peak trolling Well done Tennessee

[@martincuriel6099]

This is the team that actually should be playing Dixieland Delight since it’s about Tennessee

[@jenniferfrost2192]

I know and it's sung by Alabama

[@loganwatson5905]

It’s actually about getting nasty in a truck, it just takes place in Tennessee. Doesn’t matter though, GBO 🍊🍊🍊

[@mgway4661]

@@loganwatson5905 Bama had to edit to leave out the mention of Tennessee 😂

[@Jagsla]

@@loganwatson5905 I've got nasty in my truck in a Tennessee hollar before!!! GBO Lmbo 🍊 🍊 🍊

[@loganwatson5905]

@@Jagsla it’s a rite of passage in these hills 😂 cheaper than a hotel room 🤷‍♂️

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

We will be back next season beating Bama in Tuscaloosa and Georgia here in Neyland. LET'S GO VOLS! GBO 🧡🍊

[@milesbowen9433]

THIS was the jingle in a Tennessee Saturday night

[@VolSteak423]

This gives me Chills!

[@paco6513]

I need some football. Looking forward to games in the SEC. Enjoyed dominating the Big 12, but I’d rather earn it in the SEC. Thrilled for Josh, former national title QB at OU. See you in Norman next year, Vol fans. Let’s have a few cold beers after the game!

[@jewels2484]

One of the biggest upsets in college football in recent memory. Epic

[@_pawzl]

Wasn’t Tennessee favored?, still a great game nonetheless

[@shootymcglocktoter1352]

@@_pawzl Tennessee was actually a 9 point underdog.

[@_pawzl]

@@shootymcglocktoter1352 oh ok, I was just wondering

[@josephberry7605]

Best Alabama and Tennessee game very proud excited game

[@centuryrox]

One of my favorite songs by Alabama, and I'm not even a Vols fan. I would have loved to have been there with them, singing along!

[@cjo4211]

I have been a fan since birth. I am now 45. Witnessing this in person made the decades of frustration mean something. Gotta see it through my guy

[@josephcollier1028]

Tearing down the goalposts to Dixieland Delight after upsetting Bama is the greatest poetry this country has ever produced.

[@jimlewis3050]

I'm an Illinois fan, but this was amazing.

[@claygreen7253]

A sweet soft southern thrill. A Tennessee by-way. Nothin like it baby

[@dhurt8955]

The last time I had emotions stirred like this was when the Cubs won the World Series

[@pennyparham4123]

Coach said that they were going to make it an orange bowl. And they did

[@Inboden69]

Texas fan, and this was great to see live and again now. Congrats to the other UT and hope the celebration is shown for years to come.

[@NDSTRUCTIBLE1]

I can't wait till we get every few years the battle for UT

[@Inboden69]

@@NDSTRUCTIBLE1 haha, I was just talking about this last weekend. I was saying if they dont call it the Battle of the UT's they're missing a marketing campaign worth its weight in gold. Would be interesting to see the reaction if Arch starts the game in his uncles place if that happens.

[@NDSTRUCTIBLE1]

I want at least 1 Arch vs Nico game

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

Happy one year anniversary!

[@Timothy_D_S]

Big Orange Nation shining brighter than any other GBO

[@AndrewBowman-c5v]

Our song finally back home in Tennessee 🧡

[@pennyparham4123]

Rest in Peace, Jeff Cook

[@cassiestreet3850]

Tennessee is my favorite

[@austinkraker2313]

I wish I could go back in time and go to this game instead of the Michigan Penn State game that day.... even as a Michigan fan I would rather have drove 16 hours and paid 400 dollars just to be there.

[@ryanneyland2997]

@Austin Kraker I flew from Houston to watch my beloved Vols slay the dragon called Bama. Dropped $900 on a ticket… I wanted to make sure I got to storm the field. Watching the goalposts sway with Dixieland Delight playing was one of the very best moments of my life. Indescribable memory. Appreciate the love.

[@austinkraker2313]

@@ryanneyland2997 I know the feeling... Storming the field against OSU in 2021 was amazing but I gotta say Tennessee did it so much better

[@Ejexion]

That's an amazing thing to see!

[@caseyvaughn3535]

This brings tears to my eyes GO VOLS

[@andrewbeck7744]

One of the best trolls of all time

[@grubb910]

Tennessee SHOWED OUT! I love it so much! Damn! It's good to be a Tennessean!

[@chrisp4190]

Thats a Tennessee song it belongs in Rocky Top anyway!! We just took it back!

[@dustyhaynes5688]

If you dont realize SEC is king then just watch this video.

[@thomasford9204]

Stadium didn’t seem to care they stormed the field. They said hold my beer let’s have a party😂love it

[@Jagsla]

Hope you Alabama fan's realize that this song is about Tennessee being the Dixie Land Delight!! It's not a song about Alabama. It's a song about Tennessee, sang by a group called Alabama wich makes it even more insult to play this song in your stadium Lmbo... GBO 🍊🍊🍊

[@Stopyhecap]

Written by a Nashville native, only recorded by Alabama.

[@mgway4661]

Bama fans aren’t very smart. They never thought this one through

[@sportseditzhd4987]

Yeah but Alabama used it first when beating Tennessee

[@dyl-dyl]

@@sportseditzhd4987 Okay so they automatically own the song?

[@Jagsla]

@@sportseditzhd4987 Not this year!!

[@TPTGopher]

The troll/irony of Tennessee fans celebrating this win by singing an Alabama song (which I know the history of) will never not be awesome.

[@dyl-dyl]

A song that talks about Tennessee

[@redrock717]

I guess they still have sweet home Alabama, but I’m sure it kills them knowing a group of guys from Gator territory wrote that one 😂😂😂

[@TPTGopher]

@dyl-dyl I'm well aware of the song's origin, and wouldn't give it a second thought if it was an Oak Ridge Boys recording or played after beating LSU.

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

It's a song by the band Alabama. There's nothing in the song about the state of Alabama. It's all about Tennessee.

[@MemeMapping]

@@dyl-dyl Amen.

[@JakeHarrington2036]

We just did it again this past Saturday! Go Vols!

[@grannyt1228]

Loved it. GBO

[@sjwilliams5883]

As a Bama fan this is gonna get reminded to us all until the revenge game

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

This song belongs in Knoxville, Tennessee at Neyland Stadium. Bama fans just stole cause the name of the band

[@Muskogee]

Stole is a strong word.... The group is called Alabama. They're Alumni of Jacksonville State University

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

This is the team that should be playing Dixieland Delight. The song is about Tennessee. GBO! ROCKY TOP! 🍊 #GoVols

[@Muskogee]

What group is singing it?

[@-GloryGloryToOlGeorgia]

I hate you guys down to my bones. but that was awesome

[@chrislb2308]

It’s gonna be hell in Tuscaloosa this October. Not a fan of either but I live in Knoxville.

[@loreencook1970]

God bless the South! God Bless North Carolina right now! # Helene

[@lordvonlord]

Was there. Z13.

[@claycarpenter8625]

The rivalry is renewed. The game will be called "The Battle for Dixieland Delight" or "The Dixieland Delight" bowl. The winner gets to keep the song for the next year.

[@mgway4661]

I like that but it will always be the 3rd Saturday in October

[@anng4665]

Nah. Bammers have been singing a song about Tennessee since 1983. We just took it back where it belongs.

[@bishlap]

I Love when foreigners say they can't/don't understand how "College" sport can be this big. It's UNIQUELY AMERICAN, don't try to understand it, just enjoy it.

[@george9628]

I'm wondering if Payton Maning was the happiest person out of all of these people when this game ended. I think he was.

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

The sea of Orange.

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

TENNESSEE HAS BEATEN ALABAMA AGAIN AND THE SONG ABOUT TENNESSEE HAS BEEN BLARED AND ANOTHER GOALPOST IS IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER! Dixieland Delight is ABOUT TENNESSEE

[@rja9784]

As an Alabama fan, I cannot possibly fathom what it must have been like to lose every year to Alabama for the last 15 years.

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

New bandwagon fan I see? I'm sure you know the feeling with how the Lakers are starting out.

[@rja9784]

@@FakeAFSongLyrics first of all I don’t even know what the Lakers reference even means. Second, I’ve been a Bama fan since 1990 and suffered througb the Dubose, Franchone and Shula years. And that week Mike Price was the head coach

[@rja9784]

@@FakeAFSongLyrics so don’t come at me with that bandwagon BS

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

@@rja9784 Then your first comment is wrong, as you do know what it is like to be someone's doormat. Only bandwagon fans don't know that feeling.

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

@@rja9784 Then don't make BS comments that make you sound like a bandwagon fan.

[@WaylonStapp]

I am a UGA fan but this was a cool

[@andrewclayterman6230]

If they'd played Freebird afterwards, they'd tore down the whole stadium.. greatest moment in years!!

[@kandygilbert]

Go Vols Go!!! Beat Clemson!

[@michaelday8838]

I’ll always take pride in the fact that everyone celebrates like this when they beat Bama. Just means you won’t be beating us again anytime soon.

[@barneshomestead1240]

Well it isn't a rivalry unless you win a few now and then...lol. Vols streak ended at 1. But you got to enjoy this one. But one thing I've got to ask...why did you throw the goalposts in the river? I remember the Bama Auburn Bo over the top game ending Bama's streak at Legion Field...Auburn fans not only took down the goal posts...but had some folks with blowtorches cutting them up for keepsakes.

[@TheGrude68]

They got fished out the following morning and were chopped up for frats and whoever else could get their hands on a piece.

[@barneshomestead1240]

@@TheGrude68 I would've imagined so.

[@jasondeleo5]

Congrats! Hotty Toddy!

[@antigonish63]

Prettiest girls in the country can be found in the giant stadiums in places like Clemson, Tuscaloosa, and Athens every Saturday in the Fall. There are literally tens of thousands of them. Forget the football, come for the girls!

[@WilliamLedbetter-fm7kl]

Everything revolves around college football too

[@TrueVFL]

Not the ideal end to the season but this will forever be my best memory at Neyland until we beat #1 Georgia at home next year

[@adambunch1971]

Yea man next year the vols will beat the daws at the vols home field go vols vols for life

[@billwalker7556]

Always next year for Tennessee but they haven't beat Georgia in 6 years and they won't beat Georgia in 2023. Hope rocky flops enjoyed your 1 week of celebrating. Georgia showed you who the best team was the next week. Go Dawgs!

[@EasySleepSoundscapes]

@@billwalker7556 I agree. Georgia won't beat Tennessee! Go Vols!

[@billwalker7556]

@@EasySleepSoundscapes then you are wrong too and nobody asked you. who are you classless hillbillies going to call this year troll? that didn't work out very well last year...lmao!!

[@claygreen7253]

I don't know why Tennessee doesn't play this after every win. Its about east TN? Does Alabama know this??

[@pn1457]

I’m the one in the orange shirt. 😂

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

A lot of orange shirts 😂😂

[@Youre_Right]

I live in Knoxville but am a die hard Alabama fan. It’s about time the Vols got their act together. It’s important for the SEC for all teams to be competitive. I couldn’t help but laugh as I watched them carry the goalposts up and down Cumberland Ave. Alabama has had a run that even I never could have believed. All good things come to an end. I’m not sure how many seasons Saban has left in him. I also don’t like the schedule restructuring where Alabama and UT play every other year. Third Saturday in October is a time honored tradition.

[@willlanders8326]

Bama living rent free I see

[@marquicewoodson]

Can anybody tell me the name of the songs playing

[@nashvillemynx4040]

Dixieland delight

[@willlanders8326]

The gap is so large Roll Tide

[@mikeanthonyjr6067]

It’s just different

[@taylormadevibe]

Unbelievable

[@angie-kbm]

Check mate Alabama 🎉🎉🎉

[@theyeetmeister4019]

I'm glad we stole this cause it kinda slaps

[@ags1223]

Wow i love college football

[@alexfamie5255]

Ah, yes..I remember when they DIDNT whore players to scouts and they actually had to PLAY TO IMPRESS..sign of the times I suppose🤔

[@letemwalkon3621]

Yeah they lost big this time GO VOLS!

[@RocketCity_BAMA]

By all means sing your song...like every other fanbase...drinking beer & get'n some love...and please for the love of the phone free hills, take care of business, finish & get to Atlanta. RJYH

[@Anaris10]

GBO!.

[@mbthesoftballplayer3750]

We have to work on our Dixieland Delight lyrics! I want Fuck bama, and lsu, but Georgia instead!!

[@cody5926]

How the fuck does Alabama think this is their song?

[@dustinowens9806]

Just like football!

[@jactuscack6196]

College football is to the south, like religion is to 1500s England