Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te hokinga mai ki te kāinga he huihuinga auau i te ngahuru mai i te tau 1911. Ko "Go, U Northwestern" i tuhia e Theodore Van Etten, he mema o te roopu haereere o te whare wananga, a, i whakaatuhia i te wa o te kemu whutupaoro whakamutunga o te waa i te tau 1912. I hangaia te kaunihera ākonga tuatahi o te whare wānanga i te tau 1914, a, i whakatuwherahia te whakaaturanga Waa-Mu tuatahi i te tau 1929. Ko Ken Huszagh te kaitakaro tuatahi o Te Tai Tokerau ki te whai wāhi ki ngā Orimipia, i riro i a ia te mētara parahi i te whakataetae
100 mita freestyle me te hiriwa i roto i te 4 × 200 mita freestyle relay i te 1912 Summer Olympics. I whakaaetia e te tari hakinakina te "Wildcats" hei ingoa ingoa mo nga roopu hakinakina o Northwestern i te tau 1924. Ko te tuatahi NCAA toa poitūkohu tangata i tū i roto i Patten Gymnasium i roto i 1939 te wahi Oregon patua Ohio State, 46<unk>33. I wikitoria a Northwestern i te whakataetae NCAA tuatahi mo te kapa taiapa i te 1941.