The only thing missing was goals at Loftus Road as QPR and Wednesday fought out a thrilling Championship encounter.
Both sides rattled the woodwork twice and came close on numerous other occasions but amazingly the game finished without either side having registered.
Brian Laws made one change to the side that thumped Southampton before the last international break. Glenn Whelan failed to shake off the hip injury picked up on Republic of Ireland 'B' duty so Frenchman Yoann Folly slotted into the engine room.
After a purposeful start from the visitors, during which Rangers struggled to get the ball out of their own half, SWFC almost took the lead with six minutes on the clock. Folly swung over a peach of a corner and Akpo Sodje lost his marker to smack a header against the crossbar. Three more flag kicks followed in as many minutes as the Owls took a firm grip on the early throes of the game.
Marcus Tudgay came close with a snapshot that was deflected wide for yet another corner before Burton O'Brien shot high and wide from 25 yards.
Tudgay asked a lot of Sodje with an overhit feed down the right flank but the latter showed Chris Barker a clean pair of heels to fire in an angled drive gratefully gobbled up by Lee Camp.
Rangers showed intent of their own on the 15-minute mark when Dexter Blackstock burst through on goal and looked to be heading for a one-on-one with Lee Grant. But the danger was thwarted by Jermaine Johnson, who sprinted back to aid the Owls defence with a crucial clearance at the last.
The hosts had the ball in the back of the net two minutes later but the QPR fans' celebrations were short-lived as Rowan Vine's low shot was ruled out for offside.
Having seen Wednesday fail to capitalise on their early domination, Rangers grew more and more into the contest. Martin Rowlands whipped a cross across goal that Grant was relieved to see fizz away from the danger zone and Vine's vicious drive from distance forced the Owls keeper into a fine fingertip save.
Vine was felled on the edge of the area on 33 minutes but Rowlands' curling effort failed to trouble Grant. At the other end, Sodje almost sent Jermaine Johnson scampering clear with a throughball that just lacked the required pace.
Akos Buzsaky cut inside the penalty area and eyed an opening but Tommy Spurr deflected the Hungarian's effort wide for a corner. A minute later, Scott Sinclair forced a block tackle from Frank Simek in a mirror image move across the field.
Sinclair tormented Simek with a jinking run that ended with the on-loan wideman striking the foot of the post and incredibly, Rangers hit the woodwork again moments later when Grant failed to collect Rowlands' corner and Mikele Leigertwood nodded onto the bar.
Players and fans alike were grateful for the half time breather and the only shock was that somehow, the opening period had finished goalless.
The second half continued where the first left off and Jermaine Johnson forced a corner inside the first minute, Camp tipping his angled cross-shot safely over the crossbar.
Undaunted, Rangers raced upfield and after combining well with Sinclair, dangerman Vine struck a powerful shot that Grant saved acrobatically diving to his right.
Wednesday were first to make a change, bringing on Deon Burton in place of Sodje close to the hour. But it was sidekick Tudgay who proved influential in carving the next chance for the Owls, finding O'Brien in space down the right for the Scot to move inside and curl a beauty that thudded against Camp's crossbar.
Next it was QPR's turn to threaten as Barker fed Sinclair in the Wednesday box. But Grant came to the rescue, parrying the Chelsea man's effort to safety from close range.
The Owls custodian then denied Sinclair with the save of the match, springing across his goal to keep out the winger's strong shot following an intelligent pass from Vine.
The end-to-end nature of the game continued and Tudgay brushed the wrong side of the net after breaking free inside the left of the penalty area.
With eight minutes to go, Sinclair outpaced substitute Wade Small to advance menacingly on Grant but his prodded effort cleared the Owls bar.
A late goal would have proved harsh on Wednesday - the same could be said of Rangers too - and as referee Beeby called time on a thoroughly entertaining capital encounter, both sides had proved worthy of a point.
Wednesday: Grant; Simek, Hinds, M Johnson, Spurr; J Johnson (Small 80), Folly, Watson, O'Brien; Sodje (Burton 56), Tudgay.
Unused substitutes: Lunt, Esajas, Beevers
QPR: Camp; Barker, Stewart, Mancienne, Malcolm (Timoska 65); Rowlands, Sinclair, Leigertwood, Buzsaky; Blackstock (Nygaard 81), Vine
Unused substitutes: Cole, Bolder, Ainsworth
Attendance: 15,241
Referee: Mr R. Beeby
