| Bayern München beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 (A) on 11 Sep 1971 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1971 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat MSV Duisburg 5-1 (A) on 18 Sep 1971 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 (H) on 14 Aug 1971 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0 (H) on 18 Sep 1971 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Köln 2-1 (A) on 4 Sep 1971 |
| Köln beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-0 (H) on 18 Sep 1971 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Hannover 3-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1971 |
| Hannover beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 1-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1971 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (A) on 14 Aug 1971 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat VfB Stuttgart 1-0 (H) on 11 Sep 1971 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Hertha Berlin 3-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1971 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Hamburger SV 2-1 (A) on 4 Sep 1971 |
| Hamburger SV beat Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 (H) on 14 Aug 1971 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Schalke 2-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1971 |
| Schalke beat Werder Bremen 2-0 (H) on 18 Sep 1971 |
| Werder Bremen beat VfL Bochum 2-0 (H) on 11 Sep 1971 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.