| Arminia Bielefeld beat Wattenscheid 2-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1987 |
| Wattenscheid beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat BVL 08 Remscheid 6-2 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| BVL 08 Remscheid beat SV Meppen 6-3 (H) on 15 Aug 1987 |
| SV Meppen beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-1 (A) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Blau Weiß Berlin 2-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1987 |
| Blau Weiß Berlin beat Fortuna Köln 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1987 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Darmstadt 1-0 (H) on 15 Aug 1987 |
| Darmstadt beat Saarbrücken 2-0 (A) on 22 Jul 1987 |
| Saarbrücken beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 1-0 (H) on 15 Aug 1987 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat VfL Osnabrück 3-1 (H) on 8 Aug 1987 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat SpVgg Bayreuth 2-0 (A) on 5 Sep 1987 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth beat Stuttgarter Kickers 3-0 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Alemannia Aachen 1-0 (H) on 8 Aug 1987 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat St Pauli 1-0 (H) on 15 Aug 1987 |
| St Pauli beat Kickers Offenbach 3-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Kickers Offenbach beat Ulm 3-0 (H) on 5 Sep 1987 |
| Ulm beat Freiburg 3-0 (A) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Freiburg beat SG Union Solingen 4-0 (H) on 15 Aug 1987 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.