The NFL confirmed the Locked Out of Heaven star will sing at the game in February.
He follows the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, U2, Janet Jackson and Bruce Springsteen.
Super Bowl XLVIII will take place at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on 2 February 2014.
The Grenade singer also confirmed the news on Twitter.
"We're Going to the the Super Bowl!!!!!!! #PepsiSBHalftime," he tweeted.
Mars, whose real name is Peter Gene Hernandez, is currently midway through his Moonshine Jungle tour, which will arrive in the UK on 2 October starting at Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
His latest album Unorthodox Jukebox reached Number One in the Official UK Albums Chart when it was released in December 2012.
It is the follow-up to his platinum-selling debut, Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
The 27-year-old singer won best male video and best choreography for his single Treasure at the MTV Video Music Awards last month.
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched annual sporting events in the world with halftime shows drawing in more than 100 million television viewers in the United States alone in past years.
Beyonce performed at this year's event in New Orleans.
She was joined for her performance by fellow Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, who united with her for versions of Bootylicious, Independent Women Part I and Single Ladies.
Other recent halftime performers at the NFL's championship game were Madonna in 2012, The Black Eyed Peas with Usher and Slash in 2011, The Who in 2010, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in 2009.
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