fewest scrimmage yards in a season with a scrimmage touchdown

Paul Governali has the fewest yards from scrimmage when scoring >0 scrimmage touchdowns in his rookie season in 1946, with -186 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Paul Governali P. Governali	-186	2	1946	BOS	11	-186	33	-5.6	-16.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
2	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	-180	1	1940	PHI	11	-180	100	-1.8	-16.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-96	1	1944	CHB	7	-96	20	-4.8	-13.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
4	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	-84	2	1944	PHI	10	-84	26	-3.2	-8.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
5	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	-76	1	1946	WAS	11	-76	18	-4.2	-6.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Paul Christman P. Christman	-61	3	1946	CHC	11	-61	28	-2.2	-5.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	-60	1	1946	LA	11	-60	16	-3.8	-5.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Allie Sherman A. Sherman	-42	1	1944	PHI	10	-42	22	-1.9	-4.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	-41	1	1943	P-P	10	-41	33	-1.2	-4.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	-40	1	1943	CHB	10	-40	22	-1.8	-4.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Paul Christman P. Christman	-34	1	1945	CHC	8	-34	30	-1.1	-4.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	-32	1	1942	PHI	11	-32	92	-0.3	-2.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Peyton Manning P. Manning	-31	1	2013	DEN	16	-31	32	-1.0	-1.9	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Milt Plum M. Plum	-24	2	1960	CLE	12	-24	17	-1.4	-2.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
15	Bobby Clatterbuck B. Clatterbuck	-21	1	1954	NYG	10	-21	19	-1.1	-2.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	-21	1	1937	CHB	10	-21	30	-0.7	-2.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Allie Sherman A. Sherman	-20	1	1943	P-P	9	-20	17	-1.2	-2.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Milt Plum M. Plum	-17	1	1961	CLE	14	-17	24	-0.7	-1.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Charlie O'Rourke C. O'Rourke	-17	1	1942	CHB	11	-17	18	-0.9	-1.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	Bill Mackrides B. Mackrides	-15	1	1947	PHI	8	-15	7	-2.1	-1.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	-14	1	1939	PHI	11	-14	108	-0.1	-1.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	John Kidd J. Kidd	-13	1	1993	SD	14	-13	3	-4.3	-0.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	-13	1	1954	CLE	6	-13	8	-1.6	-2.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	-12	1	1985	GB	12	-12	18	-0.7	-1.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	-12	1	1985	CLE	12	-12	26	-0.5	-1.0	1	0	0		0.0	0

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