1939 West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers football team

The 1939 West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1939 college football season. In their first season under head coach Cecil C. Humphreys, West Tennessee State Teachers compiled a 3–8 record.

1939 West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–8 (3–4 SIAA)
Head coach	Cecil C. Humphreys (1st season)
Home stadium	Crump Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Louisiana Normal $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Tennessee Tech	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi College	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Miami (FL)	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Rollins	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Western Kentucky State Teachers	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Mississippi State Teachers	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	3
Murray State	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Newberry	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	1	–	4
Presbyterian	3	–	1	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Georgetown (KY)	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Eastern Kentucky	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Union (TN)	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Morehead State	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Louisville	1	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Union (KY)	1	–	1	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Oglethorpe	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Centre	1	–	1	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
Centenary	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	9	–	1
Louisiana Tech	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
West Tennessee State Teachers	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Troy State	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
SW Louisiana	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Stetson	2	–	4	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Louisiana College	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Erskine	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Delta State	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Wofford	0	–	2	–	3			1	–	5	–	3
Tampa	0	–	3	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Jacksonville State	0	–	3	–	1			0	–	8	–	2
Transylvania	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Emory and Henry	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
$ – Conference champion

West Tennessee was ranked at No. 313 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	L 15–19		[2]
September 29	Arkansas State*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 6–7		[3]
October 6	at Union (TN)	Rothrock Field Jackson, TN	L 12–13		[4]
October 13	at Middle Tennessee State Teachers	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 25–6	2,500	[5]
October 21	Western Kentucky State Teachers*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–12		[6]
October 28	Tennessee Tech	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–15		[7]
November 3	at Troy State	Wiregrass Stadium Dothan, AL	W 13–7	1,500	[8]
November 11	Delta State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 7–0
October 18	at Ole Miss*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 7–46	4,000	[9]
November 25	Millsaps*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–2	400	[10]
December 2	vs. Southwestern (TN)*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–32	3,000	[11]
*Non-conference game