| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Kaiserslautern 5-1 (H) on 25 Nov 1978 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Hertha Berlin 3-0 (A) on 17 Aug 1978 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0 (H) on 16 Sep 1978 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart 4-3 (H) on 9 Sep 1978 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat MSV Duisburg 2-0 (H) on 16 Sep 1978 |
| MSV Duisburg beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1978 |
| VfL Bochum beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (H) on 6 Oct 1978 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Schalke 3-2 (H) on 19 Aug 1978 |
| Schalke beat Bayern München 2-1 (H) on 26 Aug 1978 |
| Bayern München beat Nürnberg 4-0 (H) on 25 Nov 1978 |
| Nürnberg beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-2 (H) on 6 Oct 1978 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 (H) on 18 Nov 1978 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Köln 2-0 (A) on 21 Oct 1978 |
| Köln beat Werder Bremen 2-0 (H) on 18 Nov 1978 |
| Werder Bremen beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-1 (H) on 20 Oct 1978 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Hamburger SV 1-0 (H) on 28 Oct 1978 |
| Hamburger SV beat Darmstadt 2-1 (H) on 30 Sep 1978 |
| Darmstadt beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 (H) on 18 Nov 1978 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.