The 1939 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1939 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Gander Terry, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 7–1–1 with a mark of 5–1–1 in conference play. Sam Panepinto was the team's captain and Waddell Murphy was the alternate captain.[1]
Western Kentucky was ranked at No. 150 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]