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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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