| VfL Osnabrück beat Wattenscheid 4-2 (A) on 21 Sep 1985 |
| Wattenscheid beat Darmstadt 2-0 (H) on 7 Sep 1985 |
| Darmstadt beat Fortuna Köln 3-0 (A) on 7 Aug 1985 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 3-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1985 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat SG Union Solingen 3-1 (H) on 17 Aug 1985 |
| SG Union Solingen beat Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1985 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1985 |
| Viktoria Aschaffenburg beat Blau Weiß Berlin 2-1 (A) on 7 Sep 1985 |
| Blau Weiß Berlin beat Freiburg 2-1 (A) on 14 Sep 1985 |
| Freiburg beat Hessen Kassel 2-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1985 |
| Hessen Kassel beat Hertha Berlin 4-1 (H) on 7 Sep 1985 |
| Hertha Berlin beat TeBe Berlin 3-0 (H) on 14 Sep 1985 |
| TeBe Berlin beat MSV Duisburg 3-1 (A) on 21 Aug 1985 |
| MSV Duisburg beat 08 Homburg 1-0 (H) on 3 Aug 1985 |
| 08 Homburg beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1-0 (A) on 14 Sep 1985 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-0 (H) on 31 Aug 1985 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Alemannia Aachen 3-1 (H) on 17 Aug 1985 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Karlsruhe 2-0 (H) on 21 Aug 1985 |
| Karlsruhe beat SpVgg Bayreuth 3-1 (A) on 17 Aug 1985 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth beat VfL Osnabrück 2-1 (H) on 7 Sep 1985 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.