| FK Pirmasens beat FSV Frankfurt 3-0 (H) on 4 Mar 1978 |
| FSV Frankfurt beat Darmstadt 4-0 (H) on 3 Dec 1977 |
| Darmstadt beat Würzburger Kickers 2-0 (A) on 3 Sep 1977 |
| Würzburger Kickers beat Nürnberg 3-0 (H) on 21 Oct 1977 |
| Nürnberg beat Karlsruhe 2-1 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| Karlsruhe beat FV Würzburg 04 3-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1977 |
| FV Würzburg 04 beat Kickers Offenbach 4-0 (H) on 31 Aug 1977 |
| Kickers Offenbach beat SV Chio Waldhof 3-1 (H) on 12 Aug 1977 |
| SV Chio Waldhof beat Bayern Hof 3-2 (H) on 3 Dec 1977 |
| Bayern Hof beat Freiburger 3-2 (H) on 16 Aug 1977 |
| Freiburger beat Eintracht Trier 3-1 (H) on 10 Dec 1977 |
| Eintracht Trier beat SpVgg Fürth 2-1 (H) on 3 Dec 1977 |
| SpVgg Fürth beat Stuttgarter Kickers 4-1 (H) on 26 Nov 1977 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat 08 Homburg 2-0 (A) on 14 Jan 1978 |
| 08 Homburg beat KSV Baunatal 5-0 (H) on 21 Oct 1977 |
| KSV Baunatal beat Augsburg 2-0 (H) on 7 Oct 1977 |
| Augsburg beat VfR Bürstadt 2-1 (H) on 28 Jan 1978 |
| VfR Bürstadt beat Wormatia Worms 1-0 (H) on 18 Feb 1978 |
| Wormatia Worms beat SpVgg Bayreuth 4-0 (H) on 11 Feb 1978 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth beat FK Pirmasens 2-1 (A) on 28 Oct 1977 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.