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.
7 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.
[2] Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA.