With an attendance of 5,639, it wasn't quite the sell out crowd that had been largely predicted before kick off, but Dons' boss Stuart Murdoch felt that playing to a stadium that was a lot nearer full than empty made a huge difference to his team.
He said, "It was a very emotional day. I thought the crowd helped the players. The boys were shocked they hadn't been clapped coming out for a warm up before."
The turning point of the game came with David May's sending off for handball, his second yellow card of the game.
Clarets boss Stan Ternent said: "I feel as if my pocket's been picked. It is two points dropped - we were on the receiving end of rough justice."
Prior to May's red card, Burnley had a two goal lead, although Ternent's assertion that Burnley had 'battered' Wimbledon was stretching credibility to say the least.
The home side squandered a number of chances before Robbie Blake opened the scoring with a free kick from 25 yards that took a huge deflection to totally wrong foot keeper Paul Heald.
Blake's second was set up on the right by Delroy Facey who crossed for the Clarets' striker to score with a side foot effort that also took a lesser deflection off a Wimbledon player.
Following May's dismissal Dean Holdsworth, in his second spell at the club, pulled the home side back into the match with a tidy finish from Patrick Agyemang's cross from the right.
Murdoch said: "Holdsworth said he would write his name in history."
Wimbledon got the point their performance deserved when Agyemang headed in from close range following Joel McAnuff's cross from the right.
Wimbledon: Heald, Holloway, Leigertwood, Gier, Darlington, Nowland, McAnuff, Reo-Coker, Jarrett, Holdsworth, Agyemang. Subs: Banks, Gray, Chorley, Gordon, Kamara.
Burnley: Jensen, West, May, Todd, Camara, Farrelly, Weller, Blake, Chadwick, Ian Moore, Facey. Subs: Roche, Branch, Grant, Chaplow, O'Neill.
Referee: M Warren (W Midlands)