| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Kaiserslautern 2-1 (A) on 18 Sep 1976 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Saarbrücken 1-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1976 |
| Saarbrücken beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1976 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Karlsruhe 3-2 (H) on 18 Sep 1976 |
| Karlsruhe beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1976 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Hertha Berlin 2-1 (H) on 17 Sep 1976 |
| Hertha Berlin beat VfL Bochum 2-0 (H) on 11 Sep 1976 |
| VfL Bochum beat MSV Duisburg 2-1 (H) on 3 Sep 1976 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Bayern München 5-2 (H) on 21 Aug 1976 |
| Bayern München beat TeBe Berlin 9-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1976 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Köln 3-2 (H) on 18 Sep 1976 |
| Köln beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-0 (H) on 11 Sep 1976 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-1 (A) on 21 Aug 1976 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Hamburger SV 2-0 (H) on 18 Sep 1976 |
| Hamburger SV beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1976 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Schalke 6-3 (H) on 3 Sep 1976 |
| Schalke beat Werder Bremen 3-2 (H) on 14 Aug 1976 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.