HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech football team was outlasted by Saginaw Valley State 38-21 to conclude the 2023 campaign on Saturday afternoon at Kearly Stadium.

Saginaw Valley State (6-5) amassed 469 yards of total offense compared to 217 for MTU (5-5).

Dante Basanese, a sophomore defensive back from Iron Mountain, was credited with two forced fumbles for the Huskies. Basanese finished the season with 50 total tackles and three interceptions.

Nic Nora, a freshman receiver from Kingsford, had two catches for 11 yards, making his Tech season total 11 receptions for 147 yards and one touchdown.

BILLS FIRE OC AFTER SLOPPY LOSS

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey with the Josh Allen-led attack stagnating over a six-week stretch and the three-time defending AFC East champions falling further out of the playoff picture.

The move came a day after a 24-22 loss to the Denver Broncos in an outing where Allen committed three of Buffalo’s four turnovers and the offense was held under 26 points for a sixth straight game to match the longest stretch since the quarterback’s rookie season in 2018.

Second-year quarterbacks coach Joe Brady takes over as interim coordinator.

FREE AGENTS TURN DOWN QUALIFYING OFFERS

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was among seven players who turned down $20,325,000 qualifying offers from their former teams and remained on the free agent market to pursue more lucrative contracts.

In addition to Ohtani saying no to the Los Angeles Angels, others who declined to accept included Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger, Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman, pitchers Josh Hader and Blake Snell of the Padres, the Phillies’ Aaron Nola and the Twins’ Sonny Gray.

By making a qualifying offer, a team would receive an additional selection in next July’s amateur draft if a player signs elsewhere before then.

MLB MANAGERS WIN HONORS

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Hyde was voted American League Manager of the Year after guiding the Baltimore Orioles to an AL-best 101 victories just two years after a 110-loss season.

Miami’s Skip Schumaker won the National League award in voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Hyde led Baltimore out of a difficult rebuild in which the Orioles improved to 83-79 in 2022, when Hyde finished second in voting to Cleveland’s Terry Francona.Hyde earned 27 of 30 first-place votes.

Schumaker received eight first-place votes, three more than runner-up Craig Counsell, who left Milwaukee last week to manage the Chicago Cubs.