The Port Townsend Athletic Club formed and began play in October of 1893. Their first game against the Seattle Athletic Club was a 40-0 whitewashing, but in the P.T.A.A. defense, only 2 players had ever played football or seen a game played.
 
Following the Dec 27, 1893 game with Stanford, Ben DeLanty and Carl Lively received offers to attend Stanford to play football with all expenses paid by the school.

The 1895 edition of the Townsends was one that Captain C. H. Smith indicated he would battle and beat everyone with.  Apparently Seattle took notice after being defeated on November 2nd.  With a championship in their sights, the Townsends cried foul in the rematch when Seattle used players whom they considered professionals.  "Men who are not members of the athletic club, pay no dues, and were unemployed and receiving payments from the club to continue playing, and we have documented proof".  They also claimed a special referee was brought in from the navy ship Philadelphia, was "well schooled" on how the game should end up.  The protest was filed and they even threatened to go to court to prevent the upcoming game between Seattle and Multnomah from happening which was to determine the Northwest championship.  the M's took note and did not show for the scheduled game.  Seattle claimed the cup and the championship in spite of the Townsends who had defeated Seattle earlier and defeated Multnomah on Dec 25.

With the 1896 season on the horizon, Port Townsend added Seattle coach "Sport" Donnelly to a roster loaded with former Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Pennsylvania men.
 
In Sept of 1904, the Townsend team was resurrected by P.C. Peterson and practices were planned with an Oct 15 season opener scheduled with Fort Flagler.

Port Townsend was a consistent battle for the fledgling University of Washington program in the early years.

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