Spearheaded by William B. Goodwin, the Seattle Athletic Club jumped into the football fray following the excitement of the Multnomah versus Tacoma inaugural club game in 1891.

Following the Jan 2, 1893 game with Multnomah, a banquet was held attended by Multnomah Club, Tacoma Club, Seattle Club and University of Washington players.
 
On Oct 7, 1893 A.V. Randall rushed 16 times for 195 yards and 3 touchdowns against the Port Townsend Athletic Club.
 
The "light" team or "juniors" were created in 1893 to take on similar sized teams and develop younger players.  They were known as the Seattle Juniors

In 1894, the Seattle Athletic Club ascended to dominance by defeating Snohomish, Tacoma, Port Townsend and eventually the powerhouse Multnomah Winged M's for the Great Northern Railway Silver Cup.  The season even included two victories over the University team W.B. Goodwin had created 6 years prior.  The season was highlighted by George Russell's outstanding game against the purple and gold University boys when he scored 3 touchdowns and his kicks and punts kept the youngsters at bay.

Nov 10, 1894 was the original "Fog Bowl" as heavy fog kept many from seeing the game.  Visibility was barely 15 yards.  The battle with Port Townsend was one of the roughest games on record with a number of "slugging" incidents taking place during the game.
 
1895 the Seattle Eleven again won the Great Northern Railway Silver Cup, but not without controversy as the Port Townsend club filed a protest following the Nov 28th loss claiming an official was "in the bag" and a professional player was used.  Multnomah would not show for the championship game due to the unsettled controversy and Seattle claimed the trophy.  Seattle then took on the dominating Montana club from Butte known as the "Miners" or "Smoke Eaters" known for beating teams from Iowa to California in 1895 with an 11-3 record.  Butte won in a hard fought battle 6-2 on January 4th, 1896.

1897 was expected to be a no-season for the athletic club as many of the men had bolted for Alaska and the Klondike gold strike.  The team was a combined effort with the Seattle YMCA calling themselves "All-Seattle".
 
Football returned to the SAC in September of 1904 with a strong club that went unscored on and knocked off Multnomah on Dec 17.

Vincent Borleske reportedly ran back punts for nearly 20 yards per attempt and his open field running was a bright spot in the 1911 game against Multnomah.

For the 1912 season, the team was referred to as the "Washington Athletic Club" or W.A.C. and were thought of as "professionals" by Multnomah who defeated Johnny Benders squad in December, but was tied on New Years Day 1913.

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