The 1939 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1939 college football season.
Led by fourth-year head coach Red Dawson, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 8–1–1 and a mark of 5–0 in conference play, sharing the SEC title with the Tennessee and Georgia Tech.
Tulane was invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Texas A&M.
This college football 1939 season article is a stub.