The 1973–74 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the ninth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.

This year, there was another new name on the trophy when Bramley won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 15-7.

The match was played at Naughton Park, Widnes, Cheshire (but historically in the county of Lancashire). Attendance was 4,542, and receipts were £1538.

Bramley had been expected to make up the numbers against Widnes. Bramley had joined the Rugby League for the 1896-97 season, the second season in its existence, and in the 77 years since, this was the first trophy the club had won. It would also be the only trophy before the team left the league at the end of the 1999 season. This was also the second consecutive season in which Widnes had finished as runners-up in the BBC Floodlit Trophy.

This was the year in which the Arab-Israeli war created an oil crisis, which, together with the miners' work to rule, caused the British Government to ban the use of floodlights in sport on 13 November. This, in turn, led to many of the Floodlit Trophy matches, including the final, being played in the afternoon rather than at night.

This season saw three new clubs join the tournament. These were Bramley, Dewsbury and Whitehaven, which increased the number of entrants by three, to a new high of twenty-one.

The format remained the same as last season, with the preliminary round played on a two-legged home and away basis and the rest of the tournament played on a knock-out basis. The preliminary round now involved ten clubs, reducing the number taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.

Involved 5 matches and 10 clubs