Swindon found themselves 1-0 down after only 8 minutes after a poor back pass from Michael Rose was intercepted by Charlie McDonald who scored.
Swindon were lucky not to find themselves behind my more goals as Brentford missed a number of chances to double their lead in the first half.
Shortly before half time new signing David Prutton headed in a close range Swindon equaliser after a long throw from fellow new signing Rose.
Swindon looked a bit better in the second half, but Austin missed a couple of chances to put Swindon in the lead. Overall a 1-1 draw was a fair result with both sides missing plenty of chances to have won the game.