| Preußen Münster beat SG Union Solingen 4-3 (A) on 9 Sep 1977 |
| SG Union Solingen beat 1. FC Bocholt 1-0 (A) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| 1. FC Bocholt beat Fortuna Köln 3-1 (H) on 23 Sep 1977 |
| Fortuna Köln beat SC Herford 4-1 (A) on 16 Aug 1977 |
| SC Herford beat Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid 4-0 (H) on 23 Sep 1977 |
| Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid beat OSC Bremerhaven 4-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1977 |
| OSC Bremerhaven beat Arminia Hannover 4-1 (H) on 16 Sep 1977 |
| Arminia Hannover beat Westfalia Herne 2-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1977 |
| Westfalia Herne beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Wuppertaler SV 6-0 (H) on 9 Sep 1977 |
| Wuppertaler SV beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Arminia Bielefeld 3-1 (A) on 12 Aug 1977 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat TeBe Berlin 4-1 (H) on 1 Oct 1977 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Hannover 3-2 (H) on 9 Sep 1977 |
| Hannover beat Uerdingen 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1977 |
| Uerdingen beat Wattenscheid 5-2 (A) on 16 Sep 1977 |
| Wattenscheid beat Alemannia Aachen 1-0 (A) on 23 Sep 1977 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat VfL Osnabrück 3-2 (H) on 6 Aug 1977 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Schwarz Weiß Essen 6-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1977 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.