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Monday, October 8, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 11 'd hiifi Lomax riddles Dallas in offensive barrage id it'iti he Am United Press International IRVING — The St. Louis Cartli- lals were filled with hope and prom- se when the season began and on a iright, mild Sunday at Texas Sta- lium they displayed every bit of it. f -jj With Neil Lomax and Roy Green e ocl " iddling the Dallas secondary, the Cardinals posted a rare road win iver the Cowboys. And they did it vith style. St. Louis piled up 477 yards total iffense and Lomax threw for 354 of hem — completing third-quarter passes of 70 and 45 ,yards to Green to secure a 30-21 vic- fory. It was only the second time the iardinals had ever won at Texas tadium and the first time in seven In so doing St. Louis evened its re cord at 3-3 and moved to within a game of the NFC lead, which the Lowboys share with a 4-2 mark. “We know that to compete with 3allas and Washington and the other great teams, we have to beat them sometimes,” sakl Lomax. “We haven’t done that for six or seven years. This team worked hard during the offseason for games like ssonna B . , touchdown !ng ® ■■■ ast. haates inswj IfdtteBhis. This just shows what we can do When I get some time to throw. Roy is going to get open.” St. Louis not only moved the ball all day but frustrated the Cowboys’ offense to the point where Dallas coach Tom Landry replaced quar terback Gary Hogeboom with Danny White. White came in with his team trail- lo® ing by 18 points and marched the ■Cowboys 98 yards to a touchdown. The Cardinals owned a 14-13 halftime lead, which they added to Cowboys’ Danny White in the third period with a 22-yard field goal by Neil O’Donoghue. Then, on St. Louis’ next posses sion, Lomax caught Dallas on a blitz, hitting Green on the dead run. Green broke a tackle by Victor Scott and completed a 70-yard play. Green caught his 45-yarder with 1:39 to play in the third quarter two plays after Tony Dorsett fumbled the ball away, for the Cowboys’ third turnover of the day. St. Louis also scored on its first possession of the day on a 20-yard throw from Lomax to tight end Doug Marsh and struck again in the second quarter on a 3-yard run by Stump Mitchell — a score set up by a 44-yard Lomax-to-Green pass. Lomax, coming off what coach Jim Hanifan said was his best game as a pro against Miami last week, set the stage early with a 25-yard com pletion to Pat Tilley on the game’s third play and consistently burned the Cowboys on third down. Green finished the day with eight catches for 189 yards, averaging 23.6 yards per catch. St. Louis’ one point halftime lead might have been larger had some of the trickery the Cardinals tried dur ing the first two quarters paid off. But three attempts at surprise plays by St. Louis failed. The first came midway through the first quarter when, on third-and- 1 from the Cardinals’ 44, Lomax tried to catch Dallas offguard with a deep pass. Instead of playing a short-yardage defense, however, the Cowboys’ sec ondary was in a deep zone, and Lo max wound up throwing an incom pletion. Then, on the next play, St. Louis faked a punt with Mitchell taking a short snap from center only to run into Dallas safety Michael Downs for a four-yard loss. In the second quarter with the game tied, St. Louis lined up for what appeared to be a 52-yard field goal try only to have holder Benny Perrin throw a shovel pass to tight end Greg LaFleur. St. Louis needed three yards for the first down but lost a yard on the play. Two St. Louis mistakes late in the first half also allowed Dallas to get into position for Septien’s second field goal of the game. With 45 seconds left in the half, Hogeboom hit Mike Renfro with a 30-yard pass that carried to the St. Louis 42, after which 15 yards was added for a personal foul penalty called against the Cardinals’ Leon ard Smith. stopji ndilm flS siosf ildly. wouldk Bengals bumble their way to victory over sad sack Oilers went nines >ff p] rthtln I noi pi ovei| insrepl fouti lesfaj works! 5 to I nalH thee lie Hik ineoeij] VO DIM rtedif] off* 5 -: }wvifl 5 eft: basts' 1 nel ocei# ; | to I 3 fore dacit^ ashf' in tafS! ;Sanll > reP s.Tte strike ason. • Petei asa« United Press International CINCINNATI — Rookie Boomer 'Esiason, making his first NFL start, scored the game’s only touchdown on a 3-yard quarterback draw Sun day to lead the previously winless ■Cincinnati Bengals to a 13-3 victory over the still winless Houston Oilers. It marked the first NFL victory [for rookie Cincinnati head coach .Sam Wyche, whose Bengals are now ■1-5. Houston’s record dropped to 0- 6 and the Oilers’ NFL record for jfconsecutive road losses was ex- i tended to 21 games. Esiason, a former star at the Uni versity of Maryland, completed 13- of-24 passes for 159 yards and had ■two intercepted in playing the entire game in place of the slightly injured Ken Anderson. Esiason’s touchdown came in the ,third quarter. Jim Breech kicKed a '33-yard field goal for Cincinnati in the second period and then sealed the victory with a 22-yard field goal with only two-minutes left in the game. The only score Houston could fmanage was a 24-yard field goal by Florian Kempf in the third quarter. The first half was filled with missed opportunities and would have been scoreless had Breech not managed to kick a 33-yard field goal just three seconds before halftime. Only two minutes into the game, Cincinnati’s Charles Alexander fum bled away a pass reception at mid- field but all Houston could do was run three plays and punt. Cincinnati’s second position ended on a desperate note when Esiason had to throw the ball away from his own end zone to avoid be ing tackled for a safety. The Oilers took the biggest gam ble of the game late in the first pe riod — and lost. On a fourth and goal at the one, Houston went for a touchdown but Stan Edwards was thrown for a loss by the entire left side of the Bengals’ line. Midway through the second quar ter, Cincinnati’s Mike Martin re turned a punt 55 yards to the Hous ton 38 but the Bengals could not mount a drive. A 51-yard field goal try by Breech was blocked by Mike Stensrud. A few minutes later, Cincinnati had a first down at the Houston 19 but an Esiason pass was intercepted by Willie Tullis at the Houston six. : The lone scoring drive of the first half began with just 69 seconds left. Highlighted by Esiason’s passes of 27 yards to Cris Collinsworth and 13 and 10 yards to M.L. Harris. The Bengals moved 53 yards in seven plays to set up a 33-yard field goal by Breech with just three seconds to go. Carl Roaches returned the second half kickoff 49 yards to the Cincin nati 47 to set up a 24-yard field goal by Kempf that tied the game 3-3. Houston had a first and goal at the five on the drive, but lost two yards on the next three plays and had to settle for the field goal. Cincinnati then drove 70 yards in 10 plays for the only touchdown of the game with 3:01 left in the third period. The key play in the drive came on a first-and-15 at the Hous ton 32 when Esiason lofted a 26-yard pass to Stanford Jennings. Two plays later, Esiason went into the end zone untouched on a three-yard draw play to give Cincinnati a 10-3 lead. The Bengals’ victory was sealed when Breech kicked his 22-yard field goal with two-minutes left in _ the game. dyton gains 12,313th yard; reaks all-time NFL record United Press International CHICAGO — Chicago Bear run ning back Walter Payton broke Jim Brown’s NFL career record rushing mark Sunday against the New Or leans Saints, surpassing the former Cleveland Brown running back’s jut Si! ! [mark early in the second half. ,illl)t : ! Payton went past Brown on his ptm 17th carry with 14:03 remaining in the third quarter on a pitch from quarterback Jim McMahon. Payton ran around left end and was brought down at the Chicgao 27 to break Brown’s mark of 12,312 yards. A sellout crowd at Soldiers Field gave Payton a standing ovation. Na tional Football League Commis sioner Pete Rozelle issued a congrat ulatory statement from Buffalo. Payton’s record run came on the Mattress Set $79.95 This mattress & foundation set offers true firmness at an affordable price. Bed frames $15.00. 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