<P> The first NFC Championship Game was played following the 1970 regular season after the merger between the NFL and the American Football League . The game is considered the successor to the original NFL Championship, and its game results are listed with that of its predecessor in the annual NFL Record and Fact Book . Since the pre-merger NFL consisted of six more teams than the AFL, a realignment was done as part of the merger to create two conferences with an equal number of teams: The NFL's Baltimore Colts, the Cleveland Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers joined the ten former AFL teams to form the AFC; while the remaining 13 pre-merger NFL clubs formed the NFC . </P> <P> Every NFC team has played in an NFC Championship at least once . The Seattle Seahawks, who have been members in both the AFC and the NFC, hold the distinction of appearing in both conference title games . Only the Detroit Lions have yet to win an NFC Championship Game . </P> <P> At the end of each regular season, a series of playoff games involving the top six teams in the NFC are conducted . In the current (since 2002--03 season) NFL playoff structure, this consists of the four division champions and two wild card teams (those clubs that possess the two best won - loss records after the regular season yet fail to win their division). The two teams remaining following the Wild Card round (first round) and the divisional round (second round) play in the NFC Championship game . </P> <P> Initially, the site of the game was determined on a rotating basis . Since the 1975--76 season, the site of the NFC Championship has been based on playoff seeding based on the regular season won - loss record, with the highest surviving seed hosting the game . A wild card team can only host the game if both participants are wild cards, in which case the fifth seed would host the sixth seed . Such an instance has never occurred in the NFL . </P>

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