Dak Prescott rallied the Dallas Cowboys to an NFL playoff victory over Seattle on Saturday.

Prescott threw for 226 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as the Cowboys edged visiting Seattle 24-22.

Ezekiel Elliott ran for 137 yards and a touchdown for Dallas as the Cowboys advanced to a second-round National Conference playoff game next weekend against either top seed New Orleans or the second-seeded Los Angeles Rams.

Dallas needed two fourth-quarter touchdowns and the best rushing day against the Seahawks by any club this season to subdue Seattle.

"This team, everything we've been though, we had so much confidence coming into this game and the confidence remains," Prescott said. "It's about how we compete against adversity and we just take off."

Prescott praised Elliott's punishing effort, saying, "He's a hell of a player and he always wants the ball. I'm thankful I have him."

Seahawks sent home

Prescott's 11-yard touchdown pass to Michael Gallup with 24 seconds remaining in the second quarter gave Dallas a 10-6 half-time lead.

Brett Maher kicked a 39-yard field goal for Dallas and Sebastian Janikowski answered for Seattle from 27 and 42 yards but hurt his left leg on a 57-yard miss to end the first half, forcing the Seahawks to chase touchdowns and 2-point conversions in the second half.

The Cowboys suffered a setback when receiver Allen Hurns received a gruesome left ankle injury in the first quarter after a 14-yard reception and did not return.

Seattle seized the lead on Russell Wilson's 4-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter and Mike Davis ran in a 2-point conversion.

Dallas reclaimed the lead 17-14 on Elliott's 1-yard touchdown plunge with 12:28 remaining and Prescott scored on a 1-yard run with 2:08 remaining for a 24-14 Cowboys edge.

Wilson connected with J.D. McKissic on a 7-yard touchdown pass with 78 seconds remaining and a 2-point run put Seattle within the final margin but Dallas recovered a poor onside kick attempt and ran out the clock.