Tim Jordan was appointed the team's business manager, and the squad was coached by former Georgetown star Jack Hegarty.
The team featured Benny Boynton who would be involved in all three Senator touchdowns that were scored in APFA contests, throwing for two and running in the third.
However Clark Griffith, the owner of the baseball Senators, found out about his Courtney moonlighting as a football player.
Griffith ordered Courtney to stop playing football or risk finding himself without a job in baseball.
To help his team win the game, Senators head coach Jack Hegerty signed three former Canton players in an effort to tip the odds.
Washington was originally scheduled to play the Pittsburgh Collegians after their loss to Canton, however the plans for the game fell apart.
Due to the field being covered with snow, Rochester's manager Leo Lyons refused to play the game rather than risk injury to his players.
However, according to Lyons, the Senators had a poor fan turnout due to a snowstorm and said they would only pay the Jefferson team roughly $200.
That amount would not allow for the team to be paid to play the game, or travel expenses for the trip back to Rochester.
On December 18, 1921, Tim Jordan landed a rematch with the Canton Bulldogs, and was determined to put up a better fight.
Washington reached an agreement with Penn State All-American quarterback Glenn Killinger to play for the Senators, hoping that one of the premier collegiate players would be enough to tip the scales.
Washington found themselves in an early 14–0 deficit, after a long Killinger pass caught the Senators by surprise, and a poor Boynton punt gave Canton an easy chance to push in their second touchdown.
† – Does not include the forfeit by the Rochester Jeffersons that is not officially recognized by the NFL The Senators would leave the AFPA following the 1921 season.
Only three of the Senators (Benny Boynton, Pete Calac and Joe Guyon) would play in the NFL following the 1921 season.
The Pros relied heavily on Boynton, but could no recover from an early blocked drop-kick, which was run back for the first Arkon score.