A HIGH-PROFILE BUILDING: This Sunday when the Arizona Cardinals play host to the Philadelphia Eagles at University of Phoenix Stadium, it will mark only the second time in history that a stadium will host a conference championship game the year after hosting a Super Bowl. Last season, the New York Giants played the New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium in Super Bowl XLII.

The other time a stadium has held two such games in successive seasons was in 1970-1971, when the Miami Dolphins hosted the Baltimore Colts in the AFC Championship Game at Miami’s Orange Bowl the season after the Colts played the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V at the same venue.

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A CHAMPIONSHIP COMBO: A team’s success often lies in the dynamic between the head coach and the starting quarterback. The Philadelphia Eagles are a team that has mastered that relationship and on Sunday, head coach ANDY REID and quarterback DONOVAN MC NABB will appear in their fifth NFC Championship Game together.

Reid and McNabb join elite head coach-quarterback company. Only five other sets of coaches and quarterbacks have appeared in five or more conference championship games.

The six head coach-quarterback combinations to appear in at least five conference championship games:

* On Sunday

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BACK TO THE BIG ONE: With a win on Sunday, Arizona Cardinals quarterback KURT WARNER will return to the Super Bowl for the third time in his 11-year career. His last appearance in the Super Bowl (XXXVI) was a 20-17 loss to New England after the 2001 season.

If the Cardinals win this Sunday, Warner would become only the third quarterback to start a Super Bowl seven or more years apart:

* With win on Sunday

ELITE COMPANY: If DONOVAN MC NABB leads the Eagles to victory on Sunday, he will become one of only eight quarterbacks in playoff history to record 10 or more wins.

Following are the quarterbacks with at least 10 postseason victories:

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QB DOUBLES: Leading one team to a conference championship game is a tough task. Taking two teams to the game is even more of a challenge.

On Sunday, Arizona quarterback KURT WARNER will start a conference championship game for the second team in his career. Warner’s last such game was in 2001 with the St. Louis Rams.

The quarterbacks to start conference championship game for two different teams:

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A DISTANT MEMORY: Although the Eagles and Cardinals have met 103 times over the past 60 years, this will be their first playoff meeting since December 19, 1948 in the NFL Championship Game. In that matchup, the Eagles defeated the Chicago Cardinals 7-0 on a five-yard run by Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback STEVE VAN BUREN early in the fourth quarter.

The 60-year gap between playoff meetings is the longest in history between two teams.

The teams with the most seasons between playoff meetings:

The Cardinals and Eagles have a long history together, having squared off 111 times. The series is a competitive one, tied at 53-53-5. That marks the most games played between teams tied in a series.

DOMINATING DEBUT: Wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD’s strong play during the Cardinals’ first two playoff games has helped the club reach the first conference championship game in team history.

Fitzgerald has recorded 14 receptions for 267 yards and two touchdowns in his first two career playoff games, which puts him on pace to break the record for most receiving yards through a player’s first three playoff games.

Following are the receivers with the most yards through the first three playoff games of their careers:

* Through two games

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NFC TROPHY PRESENTATION: The winner of the NFC Championship Game will be presented with the GEORGE HALAS TROPHY after the game.

Halas, the late owner of the Chicago Bears and a founder of the NFL, is the second-winningest coach in history (324-151-31) behind DON SHULA (347-173-6). He won six NFL championships with the Bears and is a charter enshrinee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963).