CONWAY — The Nashua Mud Gumbys won their seventh mud football title at the 2014 Mud Bowl, held Sept. 5-7 at Steve Eastman Memorial Field at North Conway's Hog Coliseum.
The Gumbys defeated the defending champion North Country Mud Crocs 24-0 in the finals Sunday, Game 17 of the double-elimination, two-hand touch, mud football tourney. The Crocs had defeated the Gumbys in the finals last year, 14-0.
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