Ka cika wannan jumla: Homecoming ya zama abin da ake yi a kai a kai a kaka da ya soma a shekara ta 1911. "Ku tafi, U Northwestern" Theodore Van Etten ya rubuta, memba ne na ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta jami'a, kuma an fara shi a lokacin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙarshe na kakar wasa a 1912. An kafa majalisar daliban jami'a ta farko a shekarar 1914 kuma an bude wasan kwaikwayo na farko na Waa-Mu a shekarar 1929. Ken Huszagh shi ne dan wasan Arewa maso Yamma na farko da ya halarci wasannin Olympics, inda ya lashe lambar tagulla a gasar
100 mita freestyle da azurfa a cikin 4 × 200 mita freestyle relay a gasar Olympics ta 1912. Ma'aikatar wasan motsa jiki ta ɗauki "Wildcats" a matsayin sunan lakabi ga ƙungiyoyin wasan motsa jiki na Arewa maso Yamma a 1924. An fara gasar zakarun kwallon kwando ta maza ta NCAA a Patten Gymnasium a 1939 inda Oregon ta doke Jihar Ohio, 46<unk>33. Northwestern ta lashe gasar zakarun farko ta NCAA a shekarar 1941.