Broken Leg Will Sideline Havili

On a night when star receiver Dwayne Jarrett sprained his shoulder, the Trojans lost yet another fullback when Stanley Havili suffered a broken leg in a 20-3 victory at Arizona.

A freshman starting his first game, Havili had been pressed into action because of season-ending injuries to Brandon Hancock and Ryan Powdrell. Team doctors initially estimated he would miss up to six weeks.

“Unbelievable that that should have happened,” Coach Pete Carroll said. “He had a terrific game for us in the role he was playing.”

In addition to his blocking duties, Havili caught four passes for 24 yards.

As for finding another replacement on the depth chart, Carroll said, “That’s just one we’ll figure out as we go.”

Jarrett, who tied a Pacific 10 Conference record with his 32nd career touchdown reception, will be re-evaluated in Los Angeles today.

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USC running back Chauncey Washington rushed for 33 yards in 10 carries after an emotional week.

Washington missed practice on Thursday because of a health issue involving his grandmother. But he said Saturday that he also was dealing with the death of a 26-year-old cousin, who was shot during an incident in Inglewood last week.

“It’s been a tough, hard week,” said Washington, who fumbled in the second quarter. “The family stuff might have affected me a little bit but that’s not why I made a mistake.”

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Referee David Cutaia and umpire Dennis Angel made it through Saturday’s USC-Arizona game without any major controversies which, normally, would not be noteworthy.

But Cutaia and Angel worked a game last week in which a controversial call helped Oregon defeat Oklahoma.

They and the other officials were handed one-game suspensions but, because of scheduling complexities, will serve the penalties at different points in the season.

Pacific 10 Conference Commissioner Tom Hansen and coordinator of football officiating Verle Sorgen were in Tucson to watch. Cutaia and Angel appeared to perform well, and instant replays in the second, third and fourth quarters appeared to result in correct calls.

Two of the other suspended officials, head linesman Dan Antonietti and side judge David Curschman, worked the UCLA-Washington game in Seattle.

Hansen rejected suggestions that college football institute a national pool of officials not connected with any conference as too costly and logistically difficult.

“Right across the country, officials do such a good job,” he said. “I just hope we’re not going to let one play where we made a number of mistakes sour us.”

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Former USC quarterback Matt Leinart and offensive lineman Taitusi Lutui, now members of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, attended the game.

The players mugged for pictures with Trojans song girls and chatted with Coach Pete Carroll and assistants on the field as the Trojans warmed up.

The Cardinals play the St. Louis Rams today in Glendale.

Fans wearing Leinart’s No. 7 Cardinals jersey dotted the crowd.

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Larry Smith, who was head coach at Arizona in 1980-86 and at USC in 1987-92, attended the game.

He looked healthy and seemed upbeat despite his continuing battles with chronic lymphatic leukemia and melanoma.

Smith, 66, was 28-28-3 at Arizona, 44-25-3 at USC.

“This is where I live, so I’m rooting for U of A,” Smith said. “I’m not rooting against SC, but I’m rooting for U of A.”