1939 West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers football team

The 1939 West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1939 college football season. In their first season under head coach Cecil C. Humphreys, West Tennessee State Teachers compiled a 3–8 record.

West Tennessee was ranked at No. 313 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.