| Kaiserslautern beat Hertha Berlin 3-0 (A) on 17 Aug 1978 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-1 (H) on 2 Sep 1978 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 (H) on 25 Aug 1978 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Hamburger SV 1-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1978 |
| Hamburger SV beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 (H) on 12 Aug 1978 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Arminia Bielefeld 4-1 (H) on 16 Sep 1978 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Schalke 3-2 (H) on 19 Aug 1978 |
| Schalke beat Werder Bremen 2-1 (H) on 8 Sep 1978 |
| Werder Bremen beat MSV Duisburg 3-2 (H) on 2 Sep 1978 |
| MSV Duisburg beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1978 |
| VfL Bochum beat Borussia Dortmund 4-1 (H) on 2 Sep 1978 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern München 1-0 (H) on 12 Aug 1978 |
| Bayern München beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 (H) on 2 Sep 1978 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-1 (H) on 19 Aug 1978 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Köln 1-0 (H) on 12 Aug 1978 |
| Köln beat Nürnberg 2-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1978 |
| Nürnberg beat Darmstadt 3-2 (H) on 9 Sep 1978 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.