| Hessen Kassel beat VfB Eppingen 4-2 (A) on 20 Aug 1980 |
| VfB Eppingen beat Waldhof Mannheim 3-2 (H) on 29 Aug 1980 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat Ulm 1-0 (H) on 15 Aug 1980 |
| Ulm beat SpVgg Bayreuth 3-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1980 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth beat Freiburger 5-1 (H) on 15 Aug 1980 |
| Freiburger beat SpVgg Fürth 2-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1980 |
| SpVgg Fürth beat Kickers Offenbach 2-1 (H) on 15 Aug 1980 |
| Kickers Offenbach beat Darmstadt 3-1 (H) on 12 Sep 1980 |
| Darmstadt beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-1 (A) on 29 Aug 1980 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Freiburg 4-1 (A) on 5 Sep 1980 |
| Freiburg beat Augsburg 1-0 (A) on 9 Aug 1980 |
| Augsburg beat Borussia Neunkirchen 3-2 (H) on 5 Sep 1980 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen beat Wormatia Worms 2-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1980 |
| Wormatia Worms beat Eintracht Trier 3-2 (H) on 5 Aug 1980 |
| Eintracht Trier beat FSV Frankfurt 2-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1980 |
| FSV Frankfurt beat VfR Bürstadt 1-0 (A) on 20 Aug 1980 |
| VfR Bürstadt beat Saarbrücken 2-0 (A) on 5 Aug 1980 |
| Saarbrücken beat ESV Ingolstadt 5-1 (H) on 15 Aug 1980 |
| ESV Ingolstadt beat 08 Homburg 2-1 (H) on 20 Aug 1980 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.