Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kudzokera kumusha kwakava chiitiko chenguva dzose chokudonha kutanga muna 1911. "Enda, U Northwestern" yakanyorwa naTheodore Van Etten, nhengo yechikwata cheyunivhesiti, uye yakatanga panguva yemutambo wekupedzisira wenhabvu wemwaka muna 1912. Dare rokutanga ravadzidzi vepayunivhesiti rakaumbwa muna 1914 uye kuratidzwa kwokutanga kweWa-Mu kwakavhurwa muna 1929. Ken Huszagh akanga ari mutambi wokutanga wokuNorthwestern kupinda muOlympics, achikunda menduru yendarira munhangemutange yemamita 100
uye sirivha mumakwikwi e4 × 200 metres freestyle relay kuma 1912 Summer Olympics. Dhipatimendi remitambo rakagamuchira "Wildcats" sezita remadunhurirwa rezvikwata zvemitambo zveNorthwestern muna 1924. NCAA yokutanga varume Basketball Championship yakaitwa muna Patten Gymnasium muna 1939 apo Oregon akakunda Ohio State, 46<unk>33. Northwestern yakakunda mukwikwidzi wokutanga weNCAA Fencing team muna 1941.