| 1. Round | 08/08/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2:0 | ||||
| 2. Round | 14/08/1981 | SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | - | VfL Bochum | 0:3 | ||||
| 3. Round | 22/08/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | 1. FC Köln | 3:1 | ||||
| 4. Round | 26/08/1981 | SV Darmstadt 98 | - | VfL Bochum | 2:0 | ||||
| 5. Round | 05/09/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3:2 | ||||
| 6. Round | 11/09/1981 | Werder Bremen | - | VfL Bochum | 3:1 | ||||
| 7. Round | 19/09/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | Hamburger SV | 2:1 | ||||
| 8. Round | 26/09/1981 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | - | VfL Bochum | 2:1 | ||||
| 9. Round | 02/10/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | MSV Duisburg | 2:2 | ||||
| 10. Round | 16/10/1981 | Karlsruher SC | - | VfL Bochum | 2:2 | ||||
| 12. Round | 31/10/1981 | Eintracht Braunschweig | - | VfL Bochum | 2:1 | ||||
| 13. Round | 07/11/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 1:1 | ||||
| 14. Round | 13/11/1981 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | - | VfL Bochum | 3:3 | ||||
| 16. Round | 12/12/1981 | VfL Bochum | - | Borussia Dortmund | 0:0 | ||||
| 17. Round | 19/12/1981 | Bayern München | - | VfL Bochum | 1:0 | ||||
| 15. Round | 12/01/1982 | Arminia Bielefeld | - | VfL Bochum | 2:0 | ||||
| 18. Round | 16/01/1982 | 1. FC Nürnberg | - | VfL Bochum | 2:1 |
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