A Friday night football game has been postponed, because of an outbreak of flu.

Russell Christian Academy's game against Alpha Christian School in Hattiesburg has been rescheduled for Oct. 23.

Officials said incidents of flu at Alpha Christian made it advisable to call off the game.

The school identified the outbreak as 'flu', but the Mississippi Department of Health says 99% of those with flu symptoms now have the swine flu, or H1N1 virus.