Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry
The article needs sourcing, of course, but I think this one passes the  bar. The first step is determining whether there is coverage of the series ''as a rivalry''. My searches show that such coverage is abundant. Examples include the following: '''(1)''' http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/iowa-nebraska-rivalry-heated-start Associated Press ("From the moment Nebraska joined the Big Ten, the league tried to make Iowa its biggest rival. The conference didn't need to try so hard. . . . his comments are indicative of just how heated the series between these border-state rivals has become in recent years."); '''(2)''' ''http://qctimes.com/sports/basketball/college/big-10/iowa/hawkeye-face-another-desperate-foe-in-nebraska/article_f531c234-8a37-53a2-bd27-3a3cff30c6af.html Quad-City Times'' ("there is a growing border rivalry between the two schools . . . 'In football, it’s pretty big,' Iowa center Adam Woodbury said of the Iowa-Nebraska rivalry."); '''(3)''' ''http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/robson-iowa-nebraska-football-rivalry-spills-into-sioux-city-politics/article_819107f9-8008-519a-8dcf-f51add53e3c7.html Sioux City Journal'' ("Iowa-Nebraska football rivalry spills into Sioux City politics"); '''(4)''' ''http://www.theindependent.com/sports/iowa-nu-rivalry-heats-up-in-a-hurry/article_cfe0f4ee-930f-11e5-92f7-bfc8665e9913.html The Grand Island Independent'' ("Iowa-NU rivalry heats up in a hurry"). In fairness, some articles question whether it's too soon to call it a true rivalry.  See '''(5)''' ''http://www.ottumwacourier.com/sports/national_sports/iowa-hopes-to-make-nebraska-game-true-rivalry/article_07454c72-70fe-5404-b0ee-9969e2664d71.html Ottumwa Courier'' ("Iowa hopes to make Nebraska game true rivalry"). Other factors to be weighed include: (i) border-state series like this are more likley to be considered rivalries; (ii) series competitiveness is so-so with Nebraska winning 29 of 46 matches; (iii) existence of a trophy (Heroes Trophy awarded to winner, see http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205338071 here) adds to the bona fides of the claim to rivalry status; (iv) antiquity of the series dating back to 1891 with 21 games prior to 1920 also adds to the bona fides of the rivalry claim; (v) frequency of play (46 games with long gaps from 1947-78 and 1983-98, but they are now in the same division and play every year); (vi) prominence of the programs (six claimed national titles, five of them Nebraska's, since 1958
— User:Cbl62, 21:48, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)