The Jets debuted on July 21, 1990 at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup facing the Pierce County Bengals.  The opponent was important as Federal Way coach Ken Austin was a former Bengal under Ron Baines.  The Bengals vs Jets rivalry would be an intense, however friendly one over the years to come.  A tight loss foreshadowed the season as the Jets finished 1-7, losing many games by less than 7 points.  The Jets would travel to Walla Walla for a game with the junior college during an NWFL bye week in September.  August 1, 1990 Article
 
The win column finally got it's first mark on  September 8, 1990 when the Blue Knights attempted a field goal with one-minute remaining nursing a 19-17 lead.  Instead, Craig McConell picked up the blocked field goal and raced the distance for the score to win 24-17.

June 14, 1991 Article   July 24 Article Mitch Dillard
 
The 1991 season had it's ups and downs and concluded with a loss to the Pierce County Bengals in the playoffs.  Dave Hewitt was a key cog in the machine hauling in 3 catches for 115 yards and a TD against the Blue Knights in week 2.  Seattle Times Article  August 14 Article He tacked on 2 long TD receptions from Dwayne Brown including the 60-yarder with 1:16 remaining to provide the winning margin in the season finale against the Bengals.  The Bengals would avenge the loss with a convincing playoff win over the Jets, the first appearance of Federal Way in the NWFL playoffs.
 
Earlier in the year, with the Thunderbolts nursing a 24-20 lead, Coach Austin began arguing a call with officials following a time out and a delay penalty...the official wound the clock as the final 1:38 ticked off the clock and Austin still on the field arguing.

Federal Way began making headway in talent acquisition beginning in 1992 and started to climb the NWFL ladder, but it would again be the Bengals to send the Jets out of the playoffs with a 14-7 overtime win.  Thu Ament, a native of Saigon, Vietnam coached running backs in 1992 before joining the Central Washington University staff as running backs coach.
 
The 1993 team, made a huge jump held an AFA #1 national ranking going into the NWFL playoffs, but challenges with scheduling the Fresno Bandits of the Pacific Football League led to the Jets not being a part of the playffs primarily due to travel costs.  The DuPage (IL) Eagles and Concord (NC) Storm would play in Orlando, FL for the 1993 AFA National Championship.  Nearly 3,000 attended the NWFL Championship at Auburn Memorial Stadium to see the Jets defeat the Portland Thunderbolts.  Curtis Delgardo Article
 
The 1994 team was bolstered by the folding of the Cascade Eagles and Snohomish County Blue Knights.  The Knights office which included John Fahnstock, and marketing would handle things off the field, while Austin and staff would handle the on-field items.  Seattle Times Merger 4/19/1994
 
Playing the Bengals in the 1995 playoffs, Puget Sound was able to hold Pierce County to 88 total yards of offense in the 20-0 victory.  They followed that defensive effort with another in the NWFL Championship taking a 10-7 triple-overtime win over the Thunderbolts.  The following season, the NWFL would be rolled into the Pacific Football League, with the Northwest teams staying as a stand alone division, while the Southwest Division would include the California PFL teams that included the California Dolphins and Fresno Bandits.  The intended goal was to bolster the league image in the eyes of the AFA National Championship picture.

The Fresno Bee reported the verbal banterings between Fresno Bandits coach Bob Martin and Ken Austin after Fresno was advanced to the AFA championship where Fresno defeated DuPage for the 1994 title.  The Jets were overlooked after going 25-1 over the 1993-1994 seasons but never got a shot at the Bandits for a West Coast Championship.  Austin reportedly retired and former Seattle Seahawk Eddie McMillan took over the 1996 coaching reigns, however an 0-4 start, brought Austin back to right the ship and go on a run to win the NWFL and an eventual game with the Bandits to end the 1996 season.  The Bandits rolled the Jets 44-20.

Renamed the Emerald City Jets for the 1997 season, the streak of four-consecutive NWFL/PFL titles was broken as the Oregon Thunderbolts got the Jets number winning the final two of three meetings including the Championship game 14-7.

The Jets would go on hiatus for the 1998 season as the Thunderbolts would win the 1997 and 1998 Pacific League Northwest Division Championships.  Center Steve Nohns and Guard Matt Tornetta would join the Bellingham Eagles.

When the Jets left, the Northwest League had been won by the Thunderbolts or Jets for 8-consecutive seasons dating back to 1991.  Upon returning in 1999, the balance had shifted and for the first time, the Snohomish County Vikings had put a team on the field boasting a crushing defense that had given up 27 points enroute to a 6-0 record.  The Jets coming in with an identical 6-0 record fell to the Vikings for the first time since 1996.  With a playoff win over the Thunderbolts, Puget Sound would get a rematch for the NWFL Championship and come away with a 36-24 victory and Ken Austin's fifth league or division crown since forming the Jets in 1990.

During the summer of 2000 it was announced that Puget Sound Head Coach Ken Austin would be inducted into the American Football Association Minor League Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.  Seattle Times Aug 19, 2000  However the AFA National Championship still eluded his grasp having had the #1 ranked AFA team throughout the 1993 season but could not secure the funding to travel for the title game and was bypassed for the Orlando championship game with the spot going to 12-1 Concord Storm to face the defending champion DuPage Eagles for the second year in a row.

2000 was the dawn of the "superteam".  Austin utilizing his recruiting skills had been able to accumulate the best players around the Seattle-Tacoma area including a pair of former Bengal stars in QB Lance Westendorf and 1999 Offensive Player of the Year Malachi Dewalt.  With multi-threat Milton Meyers and future Houston Texan Bryan Pittman, the offensive fire power now matched the defense enroute to another Northwest Football League championship.  As the team moved into position to challenge for a National Championship in the National Football Alliance playoffs, a first-year organization created by an executive board that included Mike Monahan of the Columbia Cougars, additional depth as added from Northwest League teams for games against Utah, Illinois and New York teams.  The Championship game against the Buffalo Gladiators, 72-7-1 since 1995 and 5-time New York Amateur League champions, had been offered as a home game, but January weather concerns in New York pushed the game to either a Las Vegas or Vancouver location.  Vancouver was eventually settled on as Monahan could guarantee the Kiggins Bowl as the championship location.

Puget Sound, able to secure "home" field for the entire playoffs dropped the Gladiators 23-19, running out the clock behind the grinding running of Malachi Dewalt and DeShawn Fontleroy.  The Jets secured the first National Championship for a regional team since the Auburn Panthers were crowned 1986 AMLFA champs.

With eyes on a repeat, the 2001 Jets rolled through the NWFL sporting a 10-0 record with two close victories, an overtime win to topple the Bengals and one-score win over Multnomah the closest any opponent got.  However, the Buccaneers made a run to the championship game in only their second year and took the Jets into overtime in shocking manner as the Jets offense struggled allowing Lance Westendorf to be sacked five times and forced into throwing three interceptions, including one that ended the Jets overtime drive.  Multnomah capitalized with a 25-yard TD pass to Josh Branch.  A month later in the opening round of the NFA playoffs. the Bucs proved the win was not a fluke, defeating the Jets a second time 34-23 to advance to the Western Division title game against #1 South Ogden, in a battle of 1 vs 2 according to the Minor League Football News rankings.  Sep 15 Article  Sep 16 Article

Back with a bad taste in their mouths, the Jets found there was a new significant rival in the mix as Seattle Seahawk defensive tackle Sam Adams had entered the Eastside Hawks into the league for the 2002 season.  The Hawks would have alot of familiar faces on the team and the Jets would tangle with Eastside in the second game of the season winning a hard-fought one score battle.  The entire NWFL expected this to be the championship to come after the Jets avenged one of the losses to the Buccaneers during the regular season to remain undefeated.  However, Eastside would be upset by the defending champs in the playoffs, and the Jets would once again face their 2001 nemesis.  Not to be denied, Puget Sound dominated Multnomah for the NWFL championship and Ken Austin and the Jets would finally have their invitation to the AFA National Championship game a decade in the making.

The game in Florida nearly took a detour when team owner William MacIntosh suffered a fatal heart attack flying back from Las Vegas on November 6, 2002.  The 59-year old owner of the Jets, was also owner of the largest Chrysler-Jeep dealerships in the Pacific Northwest, and operated a real estate company.  The Iowa native, Vietnam veteran and 27-year husband to wife Helen, became involved with the Jets through his son Brian, a former Jet wide receiver.  The team could have easily shut down right then, however, Helen and Brian would not let the team quit and ensured they would get to Florida.  The Jets played inspired football and during the trophy presentation, Coach Austin cleared out a spot...a missing man spot where "Mac" would have stood, a nod to both men having served as US Marines.  Seattle Times Article

Terrance Ivory would be named Game MVP, Jakoba Square, Offensive Player of the Game, and Toure Butler, Defensive Player of the Game.  A slew of National Awards came to Washington as Austin would be named AFA Coach of the Year, QB Lance Westendorf earned AFA MVP, Terrance Ivory was named AFA Defensive Player of the Year and Helen MacIntosh would be honored as AFA Woman of the Year.

Trainer Randall "Doc" Dreesen was inducted into the American Football Association Hall of Fame in 2002 as well, a banner year for the Jets family.

Jakoba Square presented AFA National Championship Offensive Player of Game trophy

The Championship would be the final game in franchise history as the Jets shut down.  Players scattered to the Eastside Hawks and King County Jaguars among other teams, or retired after finishing the job for the MacIntosh family.  The Hawks would sign Ken Austin as coach for the 2003 season, winning an 8th NWFL league and/or PFL division crown.  Bryan Pittman would get his NFL shot as a long snapper and tight end.  Pittman Article

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