| Schwarz Weiß Essen beat Preußen Münster 3-2 (A) on 8 Sep 1976 |
| Preußen Münster beat VfL Osnabrück 2-0 (A) on 4 Sep 1976 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Uerdingen 4-3 (A) on 17 Sep 1976 |
| Uerdingen beat SC Göttingen 05 2-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1976 |
| SC Göttingen 05 beat Wattenscheid 2-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1976 |
| Wattenscheid beat SG Union Solingen 3-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1976 |
| SG Union Solingen beat Hannover 1-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1976 |
| Hannover beat Wacker 04 Berlin 5-2 (H) on 20 Aug 1976 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin beat SC Herford 3-2 (H) on 4 Sep 1976 |
| SC Herford beat Wuppertaler SV 2-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1976 |
| Wuppertaler SV beat St Pauli 1-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1976 |
| St Pauli beat Alemannia Aachen 3-1 (H) on 8 Sep 1976 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 (H) on 25 Aug 1976 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1976 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Fortuna Köln 1-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1976 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Arminia Hannover 4-0 (H) on 17 Sep 1976 |
| Arminia Hannover beat VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 (A) on 28 Aug 1976 |
| VfL Wolfsburg beat Westfalia Herne 3-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1976 |
| Westfalia Herne beat Bonner 3-1 (H) on 20 Aug 1976 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.