fewest rushing yards by a player single season

Paul Governali has rushed for the fewest yards in a season, with -186 yards in his rookie season in 1946.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Paul Governali P. Governali	-186	1946	BOS	11	33	-5.6	-16.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
2	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	-180	1940	PHI	11	100	-1.8	-16.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-118	1945	CHB	10	36	-3.3	-11.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	-116	1946	PHI	10	34	-3.4	-11.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-96	1944	CHB	7	20	-4.8	-13.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	-84	1944	PHI	10	26	-3.2	-8.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	-76	1946	WAS	11	18	-4.2	-6.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-76	1946	CHB	11	25	-3.0	-6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Foster Watkins F. Watkins	-76	1940	PHI	9	14	-5.4	-8.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	-71	1945	WAS	8	19	-3.7	-8.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-65	1940	CHB	11	23	-2.8	-5.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Paul Christman P. Christman	-61	1946	CHC	11	28	-2.2	-5.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
13	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	-60	1946	LA	11	16	-3.8	-5.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Arnie Herber A. Herber	-58	1944	NYG	10	7	-8.3	-5.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Owen Goodnight O. Goodnight	-54	1941	CLE	9	21	-2.6	-6.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Marion Pugh M. Pugh	-52	1945	NYG	5	24	-2.2	-10.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	George Cafego G. Cafego	-51	1945	BOS	7	19	-2.7	-7.3	0	20	2	10.0	2.9	0
18	Ace Parker A. Parker	-49	1945	BOS	8	18	-2.7	-6.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	John McCarthy J. McCarthy	-49	1944	C-P	7	6	-8.2	-7.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Paul Governali P. Governali	-48	1948	NYG	9	6	-8.0	-5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	-43	1943	WAS	10	19	-2.3	-4.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Allie Sherman A. Sherman	-42	1944	PHI	10	22	-1.9	-4.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	-41	1943	P-P	10	33	-1.2	-4.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-40	1943	CHB	10	22	-1.8	-4.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	-38	1944	WAS	8	19	-2.0	-4.8	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0

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