WACO, Texas — Bryson Washington rushed for his first collegiate touchdown, Richard Reese ran for another and Baylor used a second-half surge to beat Air Force 31-3 on Saturday night.

Quarterback Sawyer Robertson, who started for the injured Dequan Finn, added 248 yards passing and a rushing TD as the Bears (2-1) ended a nine-game home losing streak against FBS opponents.

Robertson was 18 of 24 passing without an interception after Finn struggled in last week’s 23-12 loss to No. 12 Utah, losing a fumble and getting sacked three times.

Finn watched from the sideline in street clothes against the Falcons and had a sling on his right (throwing) arm. Coach Dave Aranda said he has a shoulder injury, and the team is hopeful that Finn will return “sooner rather than later.”

“Really happy for Sawyer,” Aranda said. “Sawyer has been in a bunch of battles. For him to have his time and to make the most of it is really cool to see. There’s a lot of fans of his in that locker room right now.”

Baylor avenged its 30-15 loss to the Falcons (1-2) in the 2022 Armed Forces Bowl when it was 13 degrees and breezy at kickoff in Fort Worth, Texas.

Air Force, which had won five straight games against power conference foes, once again had trouble getting its vaunted rushing attack going. The Falcons still haven’t surpassed 200 yards on the ground in a game this season, finishing with 193 against the Bears.

“I think defensively, you look at the size, I mean, my goodness,” Air Force coach Troy Calhoun said of Baylor’s stout run defense. “And the experience, they have a bunch of guys that we played against tonight — there are probably six or seven of them — that got a good number of snaps when we played them two years ago.”

After Isaiah Hankins broke a 3-3 tie with a 51-yard field goal on the final play of the first half, Robertson guided the Bears to 25 unanswered points after the break.

Washington, a redshirt freshman, had 106 yards on 12 carries for a balanced Baylor offense, which produced 230 yards on the ground.

Reese had 48 yards and his first rushing TD in nearly a year. He struggled last season after being named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2022.

Air Force faces Wyoming next week in its Mountain West opener.

Army and Navy each had the week off.