LOS ANGELES: Aaron Rodgers scored only his second career victory over Tom Brady as the Green Bay Packers squeezed past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 14-12, on Sunday (Monday in Manila).

The fifth — and possibly final — meeting of the two NFL superstar quarterbacks failed to deliver a high-scoring shoot-out at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium and instead unfolded as a gritty defensive battle.

Brady had looked poised to engineer one of his trademark late rallies after leading the Bucs on a 13-play 89-yard drive that resulted in a touchdown for Russell Gage with just seconds remaining.

That score left the Bucs within a two-point conversion of forcing overtime.

But a costly delay-of-game penalty took Tampa Bay further away from the goal line and Brady’s floated pass to Gage was batted away as Green Bay effectively iced the game.

Rodgers threw for 255 yards with two touchdowns and one interception while Brady finished with 271 yards and one touchdown.

“It’s been a lot of fun competing against Tom over the years, and it’s always fun to come out on top because it hasn’t happened many times,” Rodgers said afterwards.

Brady meanwhile bemoaned Tampa Bay’s misfiring offense.

“Defense played great, but we gotta play better on offense,” he said.

“We haven’t scored many points all season. We gotta get a lot better.”

There was a similarly nervy finale in Miami, as the Miami Dolphins’ defense shut down Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills to grind out a 21-19 victory in a hard-fought NFL divisional battle.

Bills quarterback Allen finished with 400 passing yards and two touchdowns but was found wanting on Buffalo’s final two drives as they chased a gamewinning touchdown.

Miami had taken a 21-17 lead after Chase Edmonds crashed over from close range near the end of the fourth quarter.

Allen took Buffalo upfield on the next possession, but missed a wide open Isaiah McKenzie in the end zone on fourth down as a gilt-edged chance went begging.

Buffalo’s defense forced Miami to concede a safety after a bizarre play where punter Thomas Morstead kicked the ball directly into the backside of teammate Trent Sherfield.

The incident — hastily dubbed the “Butt Punt” on social media — left Buffalo needing only a field goal to snatch victory.

However their attempts to get the ball into field goal range fell short when McKenzie gathered an Allen pass but was unable to reach out of bounds to stop the clock. The Bills failed to spike the ball to halt play

and time expired.