lowest yards per attempt in a single season for a starting running back

Davey O'Brien has the fewest rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with -0.1 per attempt in his rookie season in 1939.

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lowest rushing yards with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game per attempt in a single season for a starting running back

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	-0.1	1939	PHI	11	-14	108	-1.3	1	0	0			0.0	0
2	Dave Ryan D. Ryan	0.9	1946	DET	11	65	71	5.9	1	-5	1		-5.0	-0.5	0
3	Phil Sarboe P. Sarboe	1.2	1936	TOT	11	103	83	9.4	0	18	1		18.0	1.6	0
4	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	1.9	1937	GB	10	161	87	16.1	1	32	4		8.0	3.2	0
5	Albie Reisz A. Reisz	1.9	1944	CLE	10	134	69	13.4	2	0	0			0.0	0
6	Ed Storm E. Storm	2.0	1935	PHI	11	164	84	14.9	0	44	3		14.7	4.0	0
7	Billy Patterson B. Patterson	2.0	1940	PIT	11	171	87	15.5	0	0	0			0.0	0
8	Chuck Fenenbock C. Fenenbock	2.0	1945	DET	10	143	72	14.3	1	24	1		24.0	2.4	0
9	Eddie Price E. Price	2.0	1953	NYG	12	206	101	17.2	2	233	26		9.0	19.4	1
10	Art Strutt A. Strutt	2.1	1936	PIT	10	180	84	18.0	1	166	11		15.1	16.6	0
11	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	2.2	1936	GB	12	224	104	18.7	0	169	13		13.0	14.1	0
12	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	2.2	1974	NYG	11	218	97	19.8	4	171	24		7.1	15.5	2
13	Gene Gedman G. Gedman	2.3	1958	DET	11	209	92	19.0	4	106	14		7.6	9.6	3
14	Jim Leonard J. Leonard	2.3	1935	PHI	11	171	74	15.5	1	0	0			0.0	0
15	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	2.4	1966	DEN	14	304	129	21.7	2	480	46		10.4	34.3	1
16	Irv Comp I. Comp	2.4	1943	GB	9	182	77	20.2	3	0	0			0.0	0
17	Ed Modzelewski E. Modzelewski	2.4	1952	PIT	10	195	82	19.5	3	109	11		9.9	10.9	0
18	Bull Karcis B. Karcis	2.4	1938	TOT	11	212	89	19.3	4	0	0			0.0	0
19	Chester Taylor C. Taylor	2.4	2010	CHI	16	267	112	16.7	3	139	20	26	7.0	8.7	0
20	Red Corzine R. Corzine	2.4	1933	CIN	9	239	100	26.6	1	38	2		19.0	4.2	0
21	Gil LeFebvre G. LeFebvre	2.4	1933	CIN	10	155	64	15.5	0	20	2		10.0	2.0	0
22	Johnny Drake J. Drake	2.4	1941	CLE	11	246	101	22.4	2	211	16		13.2	19.2	1
23	Gene Thomas G. Thomas	2.4	1968	BOS	9	215	88	23.9	2	85	10		8.5	9.4	0
24	Natrone Means N. Means	2.5	1999	SD	7	277	112	39.6	4	51	9	13	5.7	7.3	1
25	Al Nichelini A. Nichelini	2.5	1935	CHC	11	234	94	21.3	4	0	1		0.0	0.0	0

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