BERKELEY — Freshman Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele delivered his first four-touchdown performance and Cal held off a furious comeback effort by No. 21 SMU to claim a 38-35 victory in the Bears’ first game since coach Justin Wilcox’s firing.

Kendrick Raphael scored the game-winning touchdown on 2-yard run with 43 seconds left, a play in which he was tackled by Alexander Kilgore but rolled over the linebacker and into the end zone.

SMU had scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns after the Bears took a 31-14 lead. T.J. Harden put the Mustangs in front 35-31 with 2:22 left on a 1-yard run to cap a five-play, 73-yard drive.

But Sagapolutele and the Bears weren’t done.

They drove 75 yards in seven plays, with Sagapolutele hitting Cole Boscia with a 23-yard completion to the 5. Two plays later, Raph

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