Mr. Allen ranks as the winningest coach in team history for both the Rams and the Redskins. His record was 49-17-4 with Los Angeles, a .742 percentage, and 67-30-1 with Washington, .691.

Although he had excellent records in pro football, he never was able to produce an N.F.L. champion. The closest he came was with the Redskins in the 1972 season, when they lost, 14-7, to the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VII.

Mr. Allen was known for wild spending to build a winner and trading draft choices for veterans. The Redskins kept winning but he was dismissed after the 1977 season. The late Edward Bennett Williams, who owned the team, said, "George was given an unlimited budget -- and exceeded it." A Start in 1948

Mr. Allen's celebrated coaching career, which covered six decades, began in 1948 at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. In his first year, the team had a 3-6 record. That was one of only three times he had a losing record, the other two coming at Whittier College in 1951 and 1954.

He took over the struggling Rams in 1966 and led the team to a 8-6 record, their first winning season in eight years. The next year, the Rams finished first in the division with an 11-1-2 record, Mr. Allen's best single-season mark.