1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

North Carolina was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 26 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings, and at No. 7 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA.