The 1939 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State[note 1] during the 1939 college football season.
120 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.
[1] 1939 was the inaugural year for the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
The Gauchos were led by sixth-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.
They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1, 1–2 CCAA).