Cowboys vs Buccaneers - NFL LIVE: Tom Brady and Tampa Bay host Dallas

Dak Prescott outplayed Tom Brady, throwing for four touchdowns and running for another to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 31-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC wild-card playoff game on Monday night. Prescott completed 25 of 33 passes for 305 yards and played turnover-free ball for the first time in eight games as the Cowboys dominated the listless Bucs in what may turn out to be Brady's last game in a Tampa Bay uniform - or perhaps ever, if he decides to hang up his cleats for the final time. It was a night to forget for Tom Brady, who made only 35 of 66 passes for 351 yards and two touchdowns in a loss to Dallas Brady walks off the field, perhaps for the final time, as he weighs up his future at the Buccaneers, and as an NFL player Meanwhile, Dak Prescott had one of the best games of his career - completing over 75 percent of his passes and four TDs Dallas opened the scoring with a completed pass to dominant tight end Dalton Schultz to open up the scoring at 6-0 A theme for the night would be the trials and tribulations of kicker Brett Maher, who missed the extra point after this TD The Cowboys had dropped eight straight playoff games on the road since winning the NFC championship game in San Francisco on Jan. 17, 1993. Dalton Schultz caught Dallas's third consecutive touchdown to go up 18-0 before the first half even came to a close Dallas scored a fourth consecutive touchdown when Prescott found Michael Gallup to go up 24-0 early in the third quarter Tampa Bay finally got on the board with the last play of the third quarter when Brady found Julio Jones in the end zone But Dallas never took their foot off the gas - immediately responding with a Prescott pass to a wide open CeeDee Lamb Little came easy this season for the Bucs, just the fourth team in NFL history to make the playoffs with a losing record in a non-strike year.