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 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) and 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 marks of 2–0–1 in KIAC play and of 5–1–1 against SIAA opponents. Western Kentucky State Teachers shared the KIAC title with , which the Hilltoppers played to a tie in the season finale.
Sam Panepinto was the team's captain and Waddell Murphy was the alternate captain. Western Kentucky was ranked at No. 150 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.
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