| Bayer Leverkusen beat SC Viktoria 04 Köln 4-1 (A) on 17 Sep 1978 |
| SC Viktoria 04 Köln beat Wacker 04 Berlin 1-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1978 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin beat Rot Weiss Essen 1-0 (H) on 24 Sep 1978 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Hannover 3-1 (A) on 13 Aug 1978 |
| Hannover beat Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid 4-2 (A) on 20 Aug 1978 |
| Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid beat SG Union Solingen 3-1 (H) on 30 Jul 1978 |
| SG Union Solingen beat Alemannia Aachen 1-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1978 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat Uerdingen 4-0 (H) on 8 Oct 1978 |
| Uerdingen beat St Pauli 4-1 (A) on 9 Aug 1978 |
| St Pauli beat Fortuna Köln 2-1 (H) on 3 Sep 1978 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Holstein Kiel 5-0 (H) on 13 Aug 1978 |
| Holstein Kiel beat VfL Osnabrück 3-2 (H) on 10 Sep 1978 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Westfalia Herne 3-2 (A) on 13 Aug 1978 |
| Westfalia Herne beat Arminia Hannover 4-0 (H) on 30 Jul 1978 |
| Arminia Hannover beat Wuppertaler SV 4-1 (H) on 10 Sep 1978 |
| Wuppertaler SV beat Wattenscheid 2-0 (A) on 13 Aug 1978 |
| Wattenscheid beat DSC Wanne Eickel 3-2 (A) on 3 Sep 1978 |
| DSC Wanne Eickel beat Preußen Münster 2-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1978 |
| Preußen Münster beat TeBe Berlin 2-0 (A) on 10 Sep 1978 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.