NFL play-offs: Dak Prescott upstages Tom Brady as Dallas Cowboys knock out Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Dak Prescott runs successful a touchdown

Venue: State Farm Stadium, Glendale Date: Sunday, 12 February Start: 23:30 GMT
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Dak Prescott upstaged seven-time Super Bowl victor Tom Brady arsenic the Dallas Cowboys dumped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers retired of this season's play-offs.

The Bucs qualified for the post-season contempt Brady, 45, having the archetypal losing play of his 23-year career.

But their luck ran retired arsenic Prescott passed for 4 touchdowns and rushed for different arsenic Dallas earned a archetypal distant triumph successful the play-offs since 1993.

After starring 18-0 astatine half-time, Dallas eased location for a 31-14 victory.

The five-time Super Bowl winners, who past lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy astatine the extremity of the 1996 season, had mislaid their past 8 roadworthy games successful the play-offs stretching backmost to a triumph astatine the San Francisco 49ers.

The 49ers bushed the Cowboys during past season's wildcard play and the aged rivals from the 90s volition conscionable again successful adjacent week's divisional circular astatine Levi's Stadium.

Although Tampa Bay (8-9) had a worse grounds successful the regular play than Dallas (12-5), it was capable for them to triumph the NFC South part and unafraid home-field vantage for wildcard weekend.

Dallas truthful had to sojourn the Raymond James Stadium, wherever Brady won a grounds seventh Super Bowl successful his archetypal play with the Bucs 2 years ago.

This was his 48th play-off crippled - much than 23 of the NFL's 32 franchises person had successful their full past - but determination was ne'er a hint of Brady adding to that tally.

Neither squad managed to get a archetypal down connected the game's archetypal 4 possessions, but Prescott past recovered his rhythm, with choky extremity Dalton Schultz grabbing a precocious propulsion for a 22-yard touchdown.

The Bucs made 70 yards connected their adjacent thrust earlier Brady made an uncharacteristic error, trying to flip the shot distant nether unit lone to beryllium picked disconnected successful the extremity zone.

The Cowboys replied with a 15-play thrust taking them 80 yards downfield, with Prescott capping it by faking a hand-off earlier moving into the extremity portion untouched.

On Dallas' adjacent possession, Prescott made 20-yard passes to Schultz and CeeDee Lamb earlier uncovering Schultz for an 11-yard people to circular disconnected a 91-yard drive.

Prescott picked retired Michael Gallup astatine the backmost of the extremity portion connected the Cowboys' archetypal possession aft half-time, earlier Julio Jones managed to bent connected to a 30-yard walk from Brady to get the Bucs connected the board.

Prescott past made an 18-yard touchdown walk to Lamb successful the 4th fourth earlier finishing with 305 yards, completing 25 of his 33 walk attempts.

Brady really had 351 yards, making 35 of a whopping 66 passes, and the seasoned salvaged immoderate pridefulness with a precocious touchdown walk to Cameron Brate.