There were equally ugly scenes at the Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, as North Carolina (NC) State defeated the University of North Carolina (UNC) 35-30 for its fourth consecutive win in the rivalry game. Running back Hollywood Smothers punched in a two-yard touchdown to give NC the lead with 25 seconds left in the game.

Rivalry week matchups are always heated with tensions and resentments building. But four annual clashes ended with fights between opponents when the winning road team attempted to plant a flag on the home field of their adversary to punctuate a victory.

Ohio State has now lost to Michigan four straight times—an ignominious streak after two decades of Buckeye domination and the once-common presumption that a

College football was dominated by flags on Saturday. Not the ones thrown by officials — the ones planted by players in the middle of the field. Michigan, North Carolina State and Florida celebrated road wins by displaying flags on the logos in the middle of their rivals’ stadiums.