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1 7 F O O T B A L L ME D I A G U I D E
The famed Virginia Tech Lunch Pail has come to symbolize the blue-
collar approach of the Hokies’ defense under longtime defensive
coordinate Bud Foster.
In 1995, Foster served as co-defensive coordinator with Rod Sharpless,
whose mother-in-law found the original Lunch Pail in Mercerville, New
Jersey. The pail once belonged to a coal miner and after a record-setting
defensive season, the Lunch Pail became an iconic part of Hokies’ lore.
The Pail travels wherever the Hokies go and its care is only entrusted to
a defensive leader.
Before the start of every season, a signed mission statement from the
defense is placed in The Pail. Then every week, unit goals, team goals
and keys to success are placed in The Pail, plus the turf from any road
victories.
Since 2007, The Pail has also contained the names of the 32 fallen
Hokies taken in the April 16 tragedy.
Corey Moore – whose jersey No. 56 is retired by Tech – is the only
player who has ever earned lifetime possession of an incarnation of The
Pail from Foster.
Date
Score
Opponent
9/23/89 23-0
Temple
11/4/89 18-0
Vanderbilt
10/7/95 14-0
at Navy
10/28/95 27-0 at West Virginia
10/12/96 38-0
Temple
9/27/97 50-0
Arkansas State
11/1/97 37-0
UAB
9/12/98 37-0
at Clemson
10/8/98 17-0 at Boston College
10/24/98 41-0
at UAB
9/4/99
47-0 James Madison
Date
Score
Opponent
10/16/99 62-0
Syracuse
9/16/00 49-0
Rutgers
9/8/01
31-0 Western Michigan
9/22/01 50-0
at Rutgers
10/6/01 35-0 at West Virginia
11/10/01 35-0
at Temple
9/28/02 30-0 at Western Michigan
9/6/03
43-0 James Madison
9/11/04 63-0 Western Michigan
10/16/04 62-0
Florida A&M
9/10/05 45-0
at Duke
Date
Score
Opponent
9/17/05 45-0
Ohio
9/2/06
38-0
Northeastern
9/16/06 36-0
Duke
11/11/06 23-0
Kent State
11/25/06 17-0
Virginia
9/25/10 19-0 at Boston College
11/26/11 38-0
at Virginia
9/22/12 37-0
Bowling Green
9/17/16 49-0 Boston College
In 2015, The Pail made its debut on ESPN’s
SportsCenter set with Chris McKendry, Coach Beamer
and Jay Crawford.
1.
Woody Baron
and Bud Foster
celebrate a
2016 win at
Notre Dame
2.
Terrell Edmunds
walks up the
tunnel with
two important
pieces of
equipment
3.
Greg Stroman
and other
Hokies have
#LPD ink!
4.
Cecilia Fuente
was the “pail-
holder” for the
2016 ESPN Car
Wash
5.
Ken Ekanem
helped Tech
secure a win at
Boston College
in 2015
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