| Year: | 1939 |
| Team: | NYU Violets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 5–4 |
| Head Coach: | Mal Stevens |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | Ohio Field Yankee Stadium |
The 1939 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1939 college football season.[1] In Mal Stevens's 6th season at NYU, the Violets compiled a 5–4 record, and managed to secure a place on the AP poll for the first and only time in program history for three weeks. They also defeated No. 15 Carnegie Tech 6–0 for their 2nd and final win over a ranked college football program, the other victory coming against #8 Fordham in 1936.[2]
NYU was ranked at No. 49 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]