| Schwarz Weiß Essen beat Wuppertaler SV 3-1 (A) on 26 Nov 1977 |
| Wuppertaler SV beat Alemannia Aachen 3-0 (H) on 1 Oct 1977 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat VfL Osnabrück 3-2 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 (A) on 4 Nov 1977 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Arminia Bielefeld 3-1 (A) on 12 Aug 1977 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Preußen Münster 2-0 (H) on 21 Oct 1977 |
| Preußen Münster beat OSC Bremerhaven 3-2 (A) on 26 Nov 1977 |
| OSC Bremerhaven beat Arminia Hannover 4-1 (H) on 16 Sep 1977 |
| Arminia Hannover beat Fortuna Köln 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1977 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid 2-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1977 |
| Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid beat TeBe Berlin 2-1 (H) on 26 Nov 1977 |
| TeBe Berlin beat SC Herford 3-2 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| SC Herford beat Westfalia Herne 2-1 (A) on 4 Nov 1977 |
| Westfalia Herne beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat 1. FC Bocholt 4-1 (H) on 4 Nov 1977 |
| 1. FC Bocholt beat Hannover 3-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1977 |
| Hannover beat Uerdingen 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| Uerdingen beat Wattenscheid 5-2 (A) on 16 Sep 1977 |
| Wattenscheid beat SG Union Solingen 3-1 (H) on 21 Oct 1977 |
| SG Union Solingen beat Schwarz Weiß Essen 2-0 (H) on 23 Sep 1977 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.