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ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


T. ROWE PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND     
Unaudited  September 30, 2006 
Portfolio of Investments   Shares  Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
COMMON STOCKS 100.1%     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 10.4%
 
   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.6%     
International Game Technology  2,200,000  91,300 
Marriott, Class A  1,400,000  54,096 
Wynn Resorts (1)  1,270,000  86,373 
    231,769 
Household Durables 1.6%     
Fortune Brands  310,000  23,284 
Garmin  1,092,100  53,273 
Harman International  860,000  71,758 
    148,315 
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.7%     
Amazon.com (1)  1,960,000  62,955 
    62,955 
Media 1.4%     
Grupo Televisa ADR  1,500,000  31,890 
McGraw-Hill  25,000  1,451 
Time Warner  2,200,000  40,106 
Viacom, Class B (1)  1,300,000  48,334 
    121,781 
Multiline Retail 2.8%     
Kohl's (1)  2,380,000  154,510 
Target  1,825,000  100,831 
    255,341 
Specialty Retail 1.3%     
Bed Bath & Beyond (1)  200,000  7,652 
Best Buy  500,000  26,780 
Home Depot  2,390,000  86,685 
    121,117 
Total Consumer Discretionary    941,278 

CONSUMER STAPLES 5.1%
 
   
Beverages 1.0%     
PepsiCo  1,360,000  88,754 
    88,754 
Food & Staples Retailing 2.6%     
CVS  1,760,000  56,531 
Sysco  1,100,000  36,795 
Wal-Mart  2,800,000  138,096 
    231,422 
Household Products 1.5%     
Procter & Gamble  2,260,000  140,075 
    140,075 
Total Consumer Staples    460,251 

ENERGY 7.0%
 
   
Energy Equipment & Services 4.5%     
Baker Hughes  1,375,000  93,775 
Schlumberger  3,020,000  187,331 
Smith International  3,250,000  126,100 
    407,206 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 2.5%     
CONSOL Energy  610,000  19,355 
EOG Resources  130,000  8,456 
ExxonMobil  1,700,000  114,070 
Murphy Oil  820,000  38,991 
Total ADR  740,000  48,796 
    229,668 
Total Energy    636,874 

FINANCIALS 21.4%
 
   
 
Capital Markets 12.4%     
Ameriprise Financial  100,000  4,690 
Charles Schwab  4,600,000  82,340 
E*TRADE Financial (1)  3,340,000  79,893 
Franklin Resources  1,210,000  127,957 
Goldman Sachs  662,000  111,991 
Legg Mason  880,000  88,757 
Mellon Financial  730,000  28,543 
Merrill Lynch  1,000,000  78,220 
Morgan Stanley  1,150,000  83,846 
Northern Trust  1,330,000  77,712 
State Street  2,620,000  163,488 
TD Ameritrade Holding  3,520,000  66,352 
UBS (CHF)  2,170,000  129,801 
    1,123,590 
Commercial Banks 0.9%     
Wells Fargo  2,360,000  85,385 
    85,385 
Consumer Finance 2.9%     
American Express  2,500,000  140,200 
SLM Corporation  2,300,000  119,554 
    259,754 
Diversified Financial Services 1.9%     
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings  55,000  26,304 
Citigroup  3,000,000  149,010 
    175,314 
Insurance 3.0%     
American International Group  2,350,000  155,711 
Hartford Financial Services  750,000  65,062 
Prudential Financial  700,000  53,375 
    274,148 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.3%     
Countrywide Credit  740,000  25,930 
    25,930 
 
Total Financials    1,944,121 

HEALTH CARE 19.9%
 
   
 
Biotechnology 4.8%     
Amgen (1)  2,000,000  143,060 
Celgene (1)  1,150,000  49,795 
Genentech (1)  1,325,000  109,578 
Genzyme (1)  220,000  14,843 
Gilead Sciences (1)  1,760,000  120,912 
    438,188 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 2.6%     
Alcon  128,500  14,713 
Medtronic  2,120,000  98,453 
St. Jude Medical (1)  1,550,000  54,699 
Stryker  1,420,000  70,418 
    238,283 
Health Care Providers & Services 8.0%     
Aetna  1,700,000  67,235 
Cardinal Health  400,000  26,296 
Caremark RX  2,450,000  138,842 
DaVita (1)  160,000  9,259 
Humana (1)  1,150,000  76,004 
Medco (1)  640,000  38,470 
Quest Diagnostics  770,000  47,093 
UnitedHealth Group  4,370,000  215,004 
WellPoint (1)  1,400,000  107,870 
    726,073 
Pharmaceuticals 4.5%     
Allergan  325,000  36,598 
Johnson & Johnson  610,000  39,613 
Novartis (CHF)  1,180,000  68,885 
Pfizer  2,450,000  69,482 
Roche Holding (CHF)  400,000  69,156 
Sepracor (1)  1,150,000  55,706 
Wyeth  1,270,000  64,567 
    404,007 
Total Health Care    1,806,551 

INDUSTRIALS & BUSINESS SERVICES 10.0%
 
   
Aerospace & Defense 2.0%     
General Dynamics  1,120,000  80,270 
Honeywell International  1,000,000  40,900 
Rockwell Collins  550,000  30,162 
United Technologies  470,000  29,775 
    181,107 
Industrial Conglomerates 4.4%     
GE  10,200,000  360,060 
Tyco International  1,300,000  36,387 
    396,447 
Machinery 3.3%     
Danaher  3,340,000  229,357 
Deere  93,300  7,829 
Illinois Tool Works  1,400,000  62,860 
    300,046 
Road & Rail 0.3%     
Union Pacific  350,000  30,800 
    30,800 
Total Industrials & Business Services    908,400 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 22.2%
 
   
Communications Equipment 4.4%     
Cisco Systems (1)  7,000,000  161,000 
Corning (1)  2,000,000  48,820 
Juniper Networks (1)  3,650,000  63,072 
LM Ericsson (SEK)  10,900,000  37,858 
Motorola  400,000  10,000 
Nokia ADR  3,650,000  71,868 
QUALCOMM  300,000  10,905 
    403,523 
Computers & Peripherals 1.8%     
Apple Computer (1)  1,300,000  100,139 
Dell (1)  950,000  21,698 
EMC (1)  3,400,000  40,732 
    162,569 
Internet Software & Services 3.6%     
eBay (1)  950,000  26,942 
Google, Class A (1)  437,000  175,630 
Monster Worldwide (1)  860,000  31,124 
Yahoo! (1)  3,800,000  96,064 
    329,760 
IT Services 1.8%     
Automatic Data Processing  2,320,000  109,829 
First Data  1,060,000  44,520 
Paychex  200,000  7,370 
    161,719 
Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment 5.9%     
Analog Devices  1,700,000  49,963 
Applied Materials  2,800,000  49,644 
Intel  2,300,000  47,311 
Linear Technology  1,900,000  59,128 
Marvell Technology Group (1)  4,600,000  89,102 
Maxim Integrated Products  3,470,000  97,403 
Texas Instruments  2,230,000  74,147 
Xilinx  3,400,000  74,630 
    541,328 
Software 4.7%     
Adobe Systems (1)  1,600,000  59,920 
Intuit (1)  960,000  30,806 
Microsoft  8,600,000  235,038 
Oracle (1)  5,500,000  97,570 
    423,334 
Total Information Technology    2,022,233 

MATERIALS 0.8%
 
   
Chemicals 0.8%     
Monsanto  1,600,000  75,216 
Total Materials    75,216 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 3.3%
 
   
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.7%     
Telus  1,100,000  61,567 
    61,567 
Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.6%     
America Movil ADR, Series L  2,000,000  78,740 
American Tower Systems, Class A (1)  3,025,000  110,413 
Rogers Communications, Class B  830,000  45,542 
    234,695 
Total Telecommunication Services    296,262 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $6,905,560)    9,091,186 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.0%
 
   
Money Market Funds 0.0%     
T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund, 5.37% (2)(3)  1,000  1 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1)    1 

Total Investments in Securities     
100.1% of Net Assets (Cost $6,905,561)  $  9,091,187 


 
 
     

  Denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted 
(1)  Non-income producing 
(2)  Affiliated company - see Note 3 
(3)  Seven-day yield 
ADR  American Depository Receipts 
CHF  Swiss Franc 
SEK  Swedish Krona 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.






T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund   
Unaudited   September 30, 2006 
Notes To Portfolio of Investments   

NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. (the fund), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.

The accompanying portfolio of investments was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the use of estimates made by fund management. Fund management believes that estimates and security valuations are appropriate; however, actual results may differ from those estimates, and the security valuations reflected in the portfolio of investments may differ from the value the fund receives upon sale of the securities.

Valuation

The fund values its investments and computes its net asset value per share at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4 p.m. ET, each day that the NYSE is open for business. Equity securities listed or regularly traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) market are valued at the last quoted sale price or, for certain markets, the official closing price at the time the valuations are made, except for OTC Bulletin Board securities, which are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices. A security that is listed or traded on more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Listed securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices for domestic securities and the last quoted sale price for international securities.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund's closing net asset value per share on the day of valuation.

Other investments and those for which the above valuation procedures are inappropriate or are deemed not to reflect fair value are stated at fair value as determined in good faith by the T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee, established by the fund's Board of Directors.

Most foreign markets close before the close of trading on the NYSE. If the fund determines that developments between the close of a foreign market and the close of the NYSE will, in its judgment, materially affect the value of some or all of its portfolio securities, which in turn will affect the fund's share price, the fund will adjust the previous closing prices to reflect the fair value of the securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee, established by the fund's Board of Directors. A fund may also fair value securities in other situations, such as when a particular foreign market is closed but the fund is open. In deciding whether to make fair value adjustments, the fund reviews a variety of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments trading in U.S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. The fund uses outside pricing services to provide it with closing market prices and information used for adjusting those prices. The fund cannot predict when and how often it will use closing prices and when it will adjust those prices to reflect fair value. As a means of evaluating its fair value process, the fund routinely compares closing market prices, the next day's opening prices in the same markets, and adjusted prices.

Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date.

NOTE 2 - FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

At September 30, 2006, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $6,905,561,000. Net unrealized gain aggregated $2,185,629,000 at period-end, of which $2,341,708,000 related to appreciated investments and $156,079,000 related to depreciated investments.

NOTE 3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The fund may invest in the T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund and the T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund (collectively, the T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds), open-end management investment companies managed by Price Associates and affiliates of the fund. The T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds are offered as cash management options to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by Price Associates and/or its affiliates, and are not available for direct purchase by members of the public. The T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds pay no investment management fees. During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, dividend income from the T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds totaled $844,000, and the value of shares of the T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds held at September 30, 2006, and December 31, 2005, was $1,000 and $56,348,000, respectively.







Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Separate certifications by the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.






SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.

By  /s/ Edward C. Bernard 
  Edward C. Bernard 
  Principal Executive Officer 
 
Date  November 17, 2006 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By  /s/ Edward C. Bernard 
  Edward C. Bernard 
  Principal Executive Officer 
 
Date  November 17, 2006 

By  /s/ Joseph A. Carrier 
  Joseph A. Carrier 
  Principal Financial Officer 
 
Date  November 17, 2006