James Mark McBath (born November 18, 1957) is a former American football player who started as quarterback for the Texas Longhorns in the late 1970s.
McBath arrived at the University of Texas in 1976 as the back-up to Randy McEachern, Ted Constanzo and Mike Cordaro and was competing with fellow freshman Jon Aune for the fourth-string role.
[1] But an injury to McEachern in August, and inconsistent play by Constanzo and Cordaro, led Darrell Royal to put McBath in as starter as a true freshman.
As a result, McEachern was named the starter one week prior to the season opener, with McBath relegated to the third string.
For reasons that Akers never stated, McBath was given the start the next week, in the final regular-season game against Texas A&M.
He led number 14 Texas to a 22–7 victory and was named the Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Game.