The 1974 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season.

In their sixth and final year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 2–8 record.^[1] Mike Axe and Larry Schoeneberger were the team captains.^[2]

Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Rutgers	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 14–16	4,500	[3]
September 28	Maine	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 30–18	2,500	[4]
October 5	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–24	10,000	[5]
October 12	Gettysburg	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 14–21	8,500	[6]
October 19	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 10–14	2,152–2,177	[7][8]
October 26	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 33–38	3,227	[9]
November 2	Lafayette^	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 10–6	8,000–8,500	[10][11]
November 9	Colgate	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 21–34	6,000–7,250	[12]
November 16	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 7–33	10,300	[13]
November 23	at No. 3 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 16–51	16,583	[14]
Homecoming ^ Parents Weekend Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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