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Fernando Mendoza helps Cal top Wake Forest for first ACC victory

Fernando Mendoza threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to help Cal beat Wake Forest 46-36 on Friday night in Winston-Salem, N.C., for the Bears' first Atlantic Coast Conference win. Mendoza threw for 385 yards by completing 40 of 56 passes with an interception. Derek Morris kicked two field goals and Ryan Coe booted two 54-yarders for Cal (5-4, 1-4 ACC), which dropped its previous four conference games by a total of nine points. The Bears are first-year ACC members. Demond Claiborne rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown and added a scoring reception for Wake Forest (4-5, 2-3).