| Schalke beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 (H) on 12 Aug 1977 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat MSV Duisburg 3-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1977 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Hamburger SV 5-2 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| Hamburger SV beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1977 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0 (H) on 27 Aug 1977 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Bayern München 4-2 (H) on 17 Aug 1977 |
| Bayern München beat St Pauli 4-2 (H) on 13 Aug 1977 |
| St Pauli beat Werder Bremen 3-1 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| Werder Bremen beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| VfL Bochum beat Hertha Berlin 5-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1977 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart 4-1 (H) on 3 Sep 1977 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Saarbrücken 1-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1977 |
| Saarbrücken beat Köln 1-0 (H) on 3 Sep 1977 |
| Köln beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-2 (A) on 1 Sep 1977 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat 1860 München 2-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1977 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.